EMILY NOLA

Emily Nola (she/they) is a curator, writer, and researcher based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Working in research-based and cross-disciplinary methodologies, her work is interested in technology, mediation, and contemporary culture. She is deeply invested in alternative pedagogical strategies and collective practices.

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16 THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE MONUMENT

TYPE: EXHIBITION, PUBLIC ART

2025

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The Mountain Before the Monument
Boryana Ruseinova-Ina
Window Works by Collar Works (Troy, NY)
February – June 2025

Boryana Rusenova-Ina’s site specific installation, The Mountain Before the Monument, is made up of more than 1300 images of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Over the course of 3 years, the artist collected these photographs via the service “EarthCam”. Somewhere between remote tourism and surveillance, the service offers visitors to their website livestream footage of iconic American locations– accessible from anywhere, 24/7.
Rusenova-Ina’s selection of photographs focuses on the mundane and idiosyncratic: capturing the monument with odd lighting, less-than-ideal weather conditions, and awkward angles. From this off-kilter perspective on Mount Rushmore, the artist questions how a national identity is built, and what role monuments, images, and symbols might play in that process. How is nationality produced and performed? What is its relationship to place, community, and land? How does it change over time?