what is being implied, unintentionally what the space between the words is painting:
the real natives back then
the contemporary ones arent like those ones from the days of yore
the contemporary ones are a different species
the assimilation was successful
the contemporary ones arent worth asking, i have to ~remember~
could you imagine if he had said subsistence farmers and slave laborers was the project inspo?
we have to remember the slave ship
no i havent talked to a black person what? descendants? not the same thing, different species
listen your great grandma being enslaved you were four years old when she died,
what do you know
like.. my guy oh no my guy oh no oh no
farm project is 75 miles from my rez
and that's just my rez
yes there are indigenous people living way closer
saying: 75 miles is also pretty accessibly close like my peeps personally
i understand reading words and taking in interviews with so much generosity and benefit of the doubt
im saying: permissively every single time doing that, is also a genocidally laundering thing. becomes a thing. someone watches this video like 'cool. im gonna get some land and 'remember' the natives, too'
remembering dead people is extremely convenient
they dont talk back or disagree
like fighting for the unborn
what im not knocking is process
re: an artist's process
and the need for many artists to be in 'creative isolation'
i dont think there is anything wrong with doing a singular vision project
exploring a concept without feedback
doing a solo thing
wanting to be the only cook in the kitchen
saying: it would have been nice to claim that, step into that
yes im doing a gifting thing
gift experiments
american difficulties with receiving
american suspicion against being beholden
how deeply protestant ideas are embedded in the american imbedded in the socio-cultural landscape
on my own tip
my own thing
i control the variables
i make the reflections
