The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA
“The exhibition constantly raised mixed feelings in me.
Happiness as I thought: “Here it is. My heritage, my story, spoken by others like me.”
Amazement at seeing an indigenous artist reclaim their voice and tell their history.
And yet i also felt Anger, as I felt confronted one more time with the constant and ever- present violence of colonialism.
I felt Excited that a story from the periphery can take such a central space.
Worried and to an extent defensive, about how it would be perceived and understood by non-natives and by those privileged to be unaware of this perspective.
I left Hopefull, that others would be exposed to these ideas and perhaps would be willing to rewrite and re-imagine the history of the the Americas and the world we all share.”
–Sofia Truque
