Salam From Niagara Falls takes up first- and second-generation Iranian and Afghan placemaking in the context of ongoing settler colonialism on Turtle Island. Family photographs taken at Niagara Falls are a staple in many migrant and refugee homes, often evoking newfound relationships to belonging in Canada. Through photo-based practice, the artists rethink the nostalgia associated with Canada as “a nation of immigrants,” drawing from and digitally manipulating personal archives to share acknowledgments of Indigenous land and presence.

Curated by Mitra Fakhrashrafi