Landscape ; is defined by the idea of visible features of an area of land most notable: the expanses of a scenery view or an adornment/ improvement (to land) by use of living or artificial elements. Landscape is a three part series involving, performance, photography and Film/music in relation to the defined idea of a traditional Landscape. In the photo works I involve myself as an aboriginal person in the scenic views of urban and rural life.

The concept of landscapes in art and life are critiqued in conjunction with my aboriginal Identity. Using my body as a form of representation of the "Indian" or "Native" of western colonial history, I want to express the subjugation of my people through the history of land. Canadian histories have been told through the eyes of the Western or dominate European culture, which has historically negated the histories of "Others". The history of our urban landscape in Canadian cities like Calgary goes deeper than western cultures occupation of the land.   I have often found that many people who live in these cities are unaware of the presence of Aboriginal people and culture in their relative areas.

In Calgary the evidence is in our everyday, with roadways named after Deerfoot or Crowchild, Indigenous translated names of families who have been in the area far longer than pre-contact. In the three photos' I use ordinary urban landscapes familiar to most people, a park, baseball diamond and grassy field, as places where possible Aboriginal presence have notably existed. In using my body as a vessel for social/political commentary, I am face down in what could be seen as tragic or a sleeping native person. I use this as a darkly humorous comment on the idea of Native history being over looked by western culture.

The Landscape paintings of Canada by such notable artists as the "Group of Seven" often depict scenery of land that is devoid of life, indigenous people or a presence of First Nations.   Landscape fills those voids in the histories of urban areas, with a dark comment on the idea that many Canadian cities were built on existing historical cites and on the backs Aboriginal People.