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.