Riot Rock Rattles are replicates of Riot Rocks, which are rocks easily held in a hand and generally perceived of as threats. As rattles, RiotRock Rattles have the potential for riot or the potential for ceremony. They are activated by shaking copper, rawhide and ceramic rattles, materials that symbolize both cultural and industrial value being refined across ancient cultures. Furthermore, these materials connect those who come in contact with the Riot Rock Rattles with materials currently mined in Native territories. In making this connection, the rattles create material and mechanical relationships to link bodies to the LAND.
Edited by cheyanne turions
Riot Rock Rattles and Khohk’ātskets’mā performance
Wood Land School
Montreal, QU, Canada
2017
Photos: Paul Litherland & Jonathan Igharas