Is a language a flag? / What is a flag on stolen land? (2021 - 2023) — kosisochukwu nnebe

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Is a language a flag? / What is a flag on stolen land?, custom flags (3’ x 6’) and video installation, Ottawa, 2022

Toronto, 2023

Vancouver, 2023

Public Art Commission with Plug In ICA at the Canadian Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg (2023)

As featured in Herizons Magazine (Fall/Winter 2024):

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“Is a language a flag?” is a set of custom national flags that explore the interconnections between language, nationalism, and land.

Key words: land; language; nationalism; settler-colonialism; imperialism; Black-Indigenous relations; newcomer-Indigenous relations; anti-imperial solidarities