With my residency at the Evergreen Cultural Center I was focused on the idea of consumption and the perpetual nature of consuming. Whether that be consuming something visually, spiritually, or physically, I wanted to develop a series of photographs that investigate these themes in a playful yet serious way. By juxtaposing these ideas with Kentucky Fried Chicken and a drive-thru aesthetic I address my personal histories of how I’ve contorted my own body into becoming something comforting for others, something which KFC was/is for me. However, the transmutation of my two-spirted indigenous body into something that is meant to be enjoyed also asks the audience to address their own relationship with consumption, especially in proximity to colonization. Who is meant to consume this? What is it exactly that I am consuming? How am I being consumed? While I do not have a definitive answer for these questions I am grateful for the Evergreen Cultural Center to let me ask them.

With my residency at the Evergreen Cultural Center I was focused on the idea of consumption and the perpetual nature of consuming. Whether that be consuming something visually, spiritually, or physically, I wanted to develop a series of photographs that investigate these themes in a playful yet serious way. By juxtaposing these ideas with Kentucky Fried Chicken and a drive-thru aesthetic I address my personal histories of how I’ve contorted my own body into becoming something comforting for others, something which KFC was/is for me. However, the transmutation of my two-spirted indigenous body into something that is meant to be enjoyed also asks the audience to address their own relationship with consumption, especially in proximity to colonization. Who is meant to consume this? What is it exactly that I am consuming? How am I being consumed? While I do not have a definitive answer for these questions I am grateful for the Evergreen Cultural Center to let me ask them.

With my residency at the Evergreen Cultural Center I was focused on the idea of consumption and the perpetual nature of consuming. Whether that be consuming something visually, spiritually, or physically, I wanted to develop a series of photographs that investigate these themes in a playful yet serious way. By juxtaposing these ideas with Kentucky Fried Chicken and a drive-thru aesthetic I address my personal histories of how I’ve contorted my own body into becoming something comforting for others, something which KFC was/is for me. However, the transmutation of my two-spirted indigenous body into something that is meant to be enjoyed also asks the audience to address their own relationship with consumption, especially in proximity to colonization. Who is meant to consume this? What is it exactly that I am consuming? How am I being consumed? While I do not have a definitive answer for these questions I am grateful for the Evergreen Cultural Center to let me ask them.