This Is Not A Snake / The One Who Checks & The One Who Balances
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2017-2020
Ceramic, fiber, steel, oil drums, concertina wire, ammunition cans, trash, found objects
6.5' H x 3' W x 50' D - Installation dimensions vary


A monumental sculptural installation in evolution, unfurling a grotesquely poignant winding tapestry of waste; combining the leftovers of extractive industry and capitalist exports with handcrafted ceramic, steel and fiber elements to represent industrial exploitation of Indigenous land and its minerals.

Photographs by Craig Smith for Heard Museum, 2020

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