Endless Column is a fibers installation aimed to contain colonial space through the act of culture capture, a term defined by the indigenous-led public secret society New Red Order. This decolonial monument is installed at the former location of Horace Greeley’s House in the Woods. Greeley is a prominent historical figure in Chappaqua, NY whose land acquisition and postmortem property donations catalyzed colonial development in my suburban hometown. Nowadays, a path used for trail running and self-guided walking tours with informational plaques marks the site. Building off of Rosalind Krauss’ 1979 essay “Sculpture in the Expanded Field,” Endless Column recontextualizes columns within the statuary tradition to expand the plinth as a bodily abstraction. The basket’s hollow nature encourages a reevaluation of the interior space it defines, reconstructing sites of memory through expanded discussion and critique.
