Speak to the Object Speak to the House
A collaboration with Selena Kearney. An essay performed for a live audience that weaves together our individual photographic works, capturing contrasting perspectives on the evolving situation at the Field Museum following the NAGPRA update of January 2024. Through spoken texts, we articulate our distinct positions within the research, exploring how our respective heritages shaped and mediated our access to the museum's spaces and collections. Central to the performance is a transmission—a gesture of connection and reverence—to sacred Coast Salish objects held within the museum.
Presented at the S-LAB Sound Series at The Capsule in Humboldt Park Chicago, ION Gallery in Kansas City, the 'Artist and the Archive' seminar at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Field Museum as part of a private presentation with James Johnson for students from Christina Friberg’s Museum Studies Course (UIC) and Donato Loia’s Art and Spirituality Course (SAIC).