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Natural Language: a forest alphabet

Artist/Creator
Hank Bull (Artist)
Date
2024
ID #
11.0.0.695
Level of Description
Item

Object Description

Item is a box set of 26 postcards titled, Natural Language by Hank Bull. The postcards depict a series of photographs showing letters “found inscribed in the branches of trees in the forest. It took years of intermittent searching to find and photograph all twenty-six. The letters were then edited in Photoshop. Each card has a short text on the back. They can be used to make words or poems, play games, and tell fortunes.”. The project was initiated on the swiya territory of the shíshálh First Nation.

Physical Description

Physical Extent
26 postcards : col. ink on paper ; 15.6 x 12.5 cm + box ; 17 x 13.5 x 2 cm
Material Type
Graphic material, Textual record

History

Collection
Belkin Archives collection
Credit Line
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