Geyser Land

Site-specific public artwork, the audience boarded a train and traveled 25 miles through the Bozeman pass in Montana. Out of the train’s windows spectators witnessed video projections on the rural landscapes and industrial sites. Photographs were re-staged on the spot where they were originally taken to examine the constructed history. The conceptual strategy used the train to establish the spectator’s point of view, to locate the spectator in a tourist position and to point to the railroad as a tool of colonialism. Geyser Land delved into the complex narratives of white settler colonization, Indigenous genocide, and the profound impact of capitalism during the early industrial period, which extended to the forms and discourses of photography and film.