FAVELA! PRESENTS: HAVICHI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS



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In the annals of the white man, the world has been sliced, diced, separated, and rotated in his direction.

An example of such historical self-reference and manipulation can be found in the scholarly pursuit of what is known as the "History of Art." Within this academy one can study the fields of "Eastern Art," "Western Thought," and "Non-Western Art."

From the point upon this earth on which I stand, in the Cheyenne Nation and from a modern place called Oklahoma, the following questions are posed:

East of what?
West of what?

As presumed today history and critical points of reference are a paragon of distortion. It is wrongly accepted that we should all share the vantage point of the Euro-male. This historical legacy is to be the focal point of human experience, just as once the sun was thought to revolve around the earth.

As we have all chosen to stand on different points of the earth, we must be allowed to choose our own distinct priorities and historical references.

From these newly rediscovered diverse directions comments should be made concerning both positive and negative relationships that have come to describe this full world.

Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, 1992



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