Jannik Abel’s exhibition Back to the Land is an expression of re-establishing connections to the landscape that, over time, have been devalued or suppressed. The title also references the global “Land Back” movement, which aims to return land to Indigenous peoples and transition toward more caring ways of living.

The exhibition is created with material limitations: everything used has been gathered from the forest, shaped with saws, knives, and axes, and has the potential to decompose into soil over time.Back to the Land has been developed entirely over the past year, meaning that Abel has worked within the context of several global crises.

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