Film
TITLE: Odayin (2016) Video with soundDuration: 3 min, 12 sec, loopSingle channel video projectionInstallation dimensions variable Odayin is the hybridization between identities and cultures; as well as the binary constructs of sexuality and the cultural vs. private spheres, and outskirt vs. center with respect to societies, social spaces and identities. Odayin uses a mirage […]
TITLE: Ga Ni Tha Ga ni tha is a performance of Osage epistemologies. Describes the cycles of disorder, order and change that are inherent patterns in the universe. Premier: Venice Biennale, Venice, IT (Curator, Nancy Marie Mithlo) https://nancymariemithlo.com/Venice_Biennale/Venice_Biennale_2015/index.html U.S. Premier: Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound, National Museum of the American Indian (Curator, KATHLEEN […]
TITLE: Blood Memory (2011) Digitized super 8mm film with soundDuration: 4 min 16 sec, loopSingle channel video projectionInstallation dimensions variable Dream-like images from 8mm home movies create a poetic and intimate contemplation of memory. With tools old and new—8mm home movies and the iPhone—Drawing upon the use of home videos and the family album as ” […]
Film | 12 minutes | 2023 Lecture/Film | Color | 50 min | 2024 This is part of larger and ongoing work called, The Indians of Gunflint Lake Across the Lake is a film and photo essay. For over a decade, this multigenerational research has delved into family photo albums, historical records and colonial archives […]
TITLE: Aki TRT: 5:10 Video installation with monitors | Color | 2022 Commissioned by The First Peoples Fund Premier: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C Aki is Earth. Using materials and metaphors and symbolism to explore Ojibwe stories of creation, Aki is conceptual and links the past into the future. To […]
TITLE: Because of Who I Am (2013) Digital photography with soundDuration: 3 min, 58 secSingle channel video projection An artistic exploration in challenging pan-American gender roles within Native American communities. It is a compelling demonstration of the many ways that the study of gender and histories of colonialism enables a deeper understanding of the past and present, […]