Colonialism, Continued (2014-2015)
Installation view, 2014-2015, altered photograph on perforated vinyl, 420” x 216”, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto
The photograph is part of Through A Prison System, Darkly: Criminal Justice Through the Lens of Kingston Penitentiary and links to audio by Jeffery Hewitt, General Counsel to Chippewas of Rama First Nation.
An illustration of a Plains-style teepee by the artist is superimposed onto a photo of a small, enclosed prison yard – a place where Indigenous cultural practices were permitted to take place. The actual teepee was packed away, as part of the decommissioning process, before Blažević had a chance to photograph it.
