Lectures and Talks

Filmmaker, photographer, and poet, Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, b. 1984) uses moving images, photography, sound, and language to explore forms of storytelling. Ideas of Indigenous homeland and landscape and language as containers of culture are at the center of his work.

Sky Hopinka’s photographs and films are widely collected and exhibited, his collection of writings, essays, and calligrams entitled Around the Edge of the Encircling Lake was published in 2018, and he was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.

During this 90-minute event, the artist will discuss his work, process, and inspiration, which will include screening of examples of his film and video work

Inspired by comic book imagery and iconography from South Asia, Chitra Ganesh creates wondrous animations, bold and colorful paintings, and mixed media works that center women and queer perspectives. Rejecting traditional gender roles, Ganesh depicts female archetypes such as witches and goddesses that reimagine representations of femininity, sexuality, and power. Ganesh references ancient mythology, queer politics, old Bollywood poster and songs, and the erasure of South Asian history in her works.

This lecture is presented by the department of Modern and Contemporary Art.