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Nadia Myre, Indian Act

Indian Act speaks of the realities of colonization – the effects of contact, and its often-broken and untranslated contracts. The piece consists of all 56 pages of the Canadian Federal Government’s Indian Act mounted on stroud cloth and sewn over with red and white glass beads. Each word is replaced with white beads sewn into the document; the red beads replace the negative space.

Every time I see this it gives me chills.

So impactful and creative. It must’ve taken forever.

This is honestly one of my favorite concepts/collections. I think about it every now and again, and it’s always so striking.