ziŋtkátȟó, wíhiyayela (bluebird, time), 2017


ziŋtkátȟó, wíhiyayela (bluebird, time), 2017


Kite

China silk, silk chiffon, embroidery thread, glass beads

250 x 250 cm

ziŋtkátȟó, wíhiyayela (bluebird, time) is a performative garment and sculptural object. Embroidered with names of people, organizations, and events, the dress maps a cosmology of interconnected moments that must align for the performance to exist. At its waistband, the words Teaching, Evidence, Display, Accusation echo ceremonial forms and Indigenous pedagogies. Worn during the multimedia performance Everything I Say is True, the dress is both timeline and territory, embodying a Lakota understanding of time as non-linear and ceremonial. Paired with sound, video, and sculpture, it becomes a conduit for magical thinking, evoking storytelling, and the collision between belief, truth, and knowledge.

ziŋtkátȟó, wíhiyayela (bluebird, time), 2017
ziŋtkátȟó, wíhiyayela (bluebird, time), 2017