All that Glitters is Not Gold . . 2019Krystale Silverfox (b.1984)
Multilayered meanings are expressed through materials: the unravelled blanket alludes to the severing of colonial ties as well as Potlatch protocols; the ripping of an HBC blanket symbolically reaffirms kindship ties between clans. Copper mined from Northern Tutchone lands hold economic and symbolic value in Indigenous and settler narratives; Queen Elizabeth ll’s face stamped onto a sacred material – the copper pennies – calls into question the colonial exploitation of Indigenous territories.
All that Glitters is Not Gold . . 2019Krystale Silverfox (b.1984)
Multilayered meanings are expressed through materials: the unravelled blanket alludes to the severing of colonial ties as well as Potlatch protocols; the ripping of an HBC blanket symbolically reaffirms kindship ties between clans. Copper mined from Northern Tutchone lands hold economic and symbolic value in Indigenous and settler narratives; Queen Elizabeth ll’s face stamped onto a sacred material – the copper pennies – calls into question the colonial exploitation of Indigenous territories.