06/10/2026
Not every billboard is an advertisement. Some are a conversation.
We're proud to showcase TOTEM / TVLSE, a public art installation by Erin Turner created in conjunction with the launch of TOTEM: As Monument & Archive, published by This Land Press.
The billboard is a photomontage that combines a 1915 image of Oklahoma's Cushing Oil Field with an 1893 photograph of Alaskan Indigenous homes and totem poles. The work expands on the book's exploration of how the form and symbolism of the totem made its way to Oklahoma during the 1930s, including its connection to the iconic Ed Galloway Totem Pole Park.
This installation is part of the TOTEM: As Ephemera exhibition, on display throughout the summer at Pursuit Films in Tulsa's Kendall Whittier District.
We're honored to help bring art, history, and conversation into the public space.
You can see this billboard for a limited time in Tulsa near Veterans Park on 6th Street & Quincy Ave
For more information visit:
http://www.eturnerinstal.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxK2Ld981lo
To order the book:
https://www.thislandpress.com/products/totem-as-monument-archive-by-erin-turner-pre-order?pb=0