On Indigenous Peoples' Day, nonprofit media lab Amplifier launched an unsanctioned augmented reality exhibition titled “Encoded” at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The project features 17 Native artists who have digitally altered 25 iconic American artworks from the Met's collection—such as Thomas Cole's *View on the Catskills – Early Autumn* and Emanuel Leutze's *Washington Crossing the Delaware*—overlaying Indigenous perspectives onto the museum's American Wing. Visitors can view the AR works on smartphones or iPads, and Amplifier representatives are on-site to distribute guides and offer tours through the end of the year.
This guerrilla intervention matters because it directly challenges the dominant Eurocentric narrative of American art history within one of the world's most prestigious museums. By inserting Native voices into galleries that have long excluded them, “Encoded” sparks dialogue about institutional representation and the erasure of Indigenous peoples from cultural heritage. The project also demonstrates how emerging technologies like augmented reality can be used as tools for decolonizing museum spaces, offering a model for other institutions to reckon with their colonial legacies.