Adding on to the class I took in Spring Quarter 2021 with Professor Nancy Beadie, my final project was in collaboration with several other of my peers and we wanted to focus on what a memorial means for a large & diverse group of people that still exists today—the Indigenous Peoples.
Our task for the project was to create a memorial about a specific topic we had spent the second half of the quarter learning about. For my group, we had been exploring the concepts of Native American Self-Determination.
Here are some of my thoughts:
What does a Memorial mean in "everyday" contexts?
- A memorial brings light to and celebrates the beauty of a large group of people because of an event that happened to this group of people.
examples: 9/11 Memorial
How is a Memorial different than a Monument?
- a monument remembers one or two specific people for their accomplishments
Our Memorial:
- A "TEAM LAB BORDERLESS" inspired museum that brings Native American experiences, cultures, and stories alive.
- In collaboration with Native American artists so that they can appropriately choose what is important to bring light to in the museum.
- An immersive experience for the visitor - they will have earbuds that is synched with their footsteps and locations they take in the museum. In the earbuds, there will be either Native American stories, music, voices playing into the ears that match up with their location in the museum. Locations in the museum will represent different tribes in the Duwamish region (Greater Seattle Area).
- This museum is able to continually update in order to emphasize the fact that Indigenous Peoples are still here, and not just another historical anecdote.
Our Inspiration:
TeamLab Borderless
Attached below is my group's PPT on Native American Self-Determination.
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