Jordan H. Carver and Mark Wasiuta in conversation with Nina Valerie Kolowratnik at e-flux
Sarah Abdallah
Trevor Paglen, National Reconnaissance Office Ground Station (ADF-SW) Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico; Distance ~16 Miles, 2012. C-print, 37.5 x 48.6 in. Courtesy of the artist; Metro Pictures, New York; and Altman Siegel, San Francisco. © Trevor Paglen
On Wednesday, February 5, e-flux hosted an event in celebration of of Nina Valerie Kolowratnik's The Language of Secret Proof: Indigenous Truth and Representation. Jordan H. Carver, author of Spaces of Disappearance, and Mark Wasiuta, co-director of the CCCP program at Columbia GSAPP, were in conversation with Kolowratnik.
In The Language of Secret Proof, Nina Valerie Kolowratnik challenges the conditions under which Indigenous rights to protect and regain traditional lands are currently negotiated in United States legal frameworks.