As artists we must address our complicity in systems of colonial capitalism.

Land in Nebraska was first enclosed by waves of European settlers, stolen from its original stewards in “lawful” moves like the Homestead Act. This is how my own family, came to take land and to farm in Nebraska.

Exploited migrant labor has long been an integral part of commodity farming in Nebraska (for more on this: Not for sale).

This work intends to show us a mirror to the ways colonial capitalism has ruined the land, destroyed the lives and livelihoods of its original caretakers, and brought suffering to everyone inhabiting what is now known as North America.

Capitalism distorts the realities of exploitation in agriculture, it is important to not perpetuate this harm, and instead, to clarify the nuances of what it takes to put food on grocery store shelves. Franz Fanon teaches us that to be ethical practitioners, we have to be committed to revolutionary practice. That means not functioning as if capitalism or colonialism are natural and have always existed.