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Ipsut Wawa (Secret Language)
Sound installation as part of the work Ways of Knowing (Bryophyte Cartography), in which latin and english names of moss in the Pacific Northwest Coast region, and Salish and Chinook words describing the forest are recited.
Artwork Info
Type of Work
audio installation
Medium
sound and language
Dimensions
n/a
Subject Matter
ontology, "othering" of nature through scientific language, remembering the words of the forest