Season 2 Episode 21: The Three Watchmen sculpture and contemporary indigenous art (with Xwalacktun and Levi Nelson)

In this episode of The Whistler Podcast, Councillor Cathy Jewett speaks with renowned contemporary indigenous artists Xwalacktun, from the Squamish Nation, and Levi Nelson, from the Lil’wat Nation. 

Xwalacktun and Levi Nelson collaborated with James Hart on the recently unveiled two-part work The Three Watchmen (by Hart) which is placed on a carved band called The Great Flood (Ti A7xa7 St’ak’) (by Xwalacktun and Nelson) outside the Audain Art Museum. The location is on the shared, unceded territory of the Lil’wat (Lil̓wat7úl) Nation and Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation. 

The artists discuss the stories depicted in The Three Watchmen as well as their artistic methods, cultural influences, and the intent behind their work.