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Presenting such imagery on the National Mall, with all three branches of government just blocks away, The Katastwóf Karavan recalls the sanctioning of enforced human servitude. The setting, defined by its backdrop of iconic monuments, also provides both context and contrast for The Katastwóf Karavan as a new sort of commemorative work, a site to recall (as its title describes) a catastrophe. Accompanied by Walker’s powerful imagery, the reverberating sound from the musical organ of The Katastwóf Karavan creates pulses in the human body (in its biological organs), loudly memorializing a once-silent, violent history and its legacy.