Today, two separate bodies of work — a film and an exhibition — explore notions of Indigenous sustenance, sustainability, and sovereignty in the face of environmental threats and displacement.
 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

August 08, 2024

Good morning. Today, two separate bodies of work — a film and an exhibition — explore notions of Indigenous sustenance, sustainability, and sovereignty in the face of environmental threats and displacement.

Staff Reporter Rhea Nayyar delves into a new documentary exploring the profound relationship between the Blackfeet Nation and the wild buffalo that took home a Climate Justice Award at this year’s BlackStar Film Festival. And in New Mexico, contributor Nancy Zastudil reviews Chicano/Coahuiltecan artist Dominick Porras’s photo-sculptures, some of which touch upon the effects of unpredictable smelt fish populations on Tolowa Dee-ni’ communities.

More below, including a new Armenian Heritage Walk in Philadelphia and Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian’s conversations with Tremaine Fellows Machiko Harada and Tiffany Gaines.

— Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor

You’re currently a free subscriber to Hyperallergic. To support our independent arts journalism, please consider joining us as a paid member.

Become a Member

Blackfeet Documentary Wins Climate Justice Award at BlackStar Festival

Narrated by Lily Gladstone, the new film chronicles the tribe’s efforts to rekindle the traditional practice of stewarding a wild buffalo population. | Rhea Nayyar

SPONSORED

She Bends: Neon as Soulcraft Is on View at the Museum of Craft and Design

The San Francisco exhibition illuminates the process and dedication involved in bending neon, as explored through student-teacher artist residencies across the US.

Learn more

FROM OUR CRITICS

Will There Be Fish This Year?

Texture, pattern, repetition, and practice combine with chance and the reality of climate change in the work of Dominick Porras. | Nancy Zastudil

The Mutual Fascinations of the Low Countries and Muslim-Majority Lands

Imagine Me and You encourages quiet contemplation of the juxtapositions and adaptations between the regions from 1450 to 1750. | Amy Golahny

MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC

Philadelphia Announces New Armenian Heritage Walk

The city’s “Young Meher” statue will anchor the outdoor art gallery and gardens, commemorating Armenian strength and resilience in the face of genocide. | Isa Farfan

Buffalo’s Undersung History of Black Arts and Culture

In her thoughtful essays and exhibition, Hyperallergic fellow Tiffany D. Gaines carries us through the rich currents of Black Arts in Buffalo.

Japanese-American Internment’s Afterlife in Contemporary Art

As a Hyperallergic fellow, Machiko Harada mined the work and history of internment in sensitive essays and an online exhibition, which shed light on the artists grappling with its legacy.

IN MEMORIAM

Sara Abraham (1928–2024)
Collector who championed Indian artists | The Hindu

Kenneth Henry Grange (1929–2024)
Industrial designer who changed the look of London | New York Times

André Juillard (1948–2024)
French cartoonist | Brussels Times

Manfred Kirchheimer (1931–2024)
Documentarian drawn to overlooked parts of New York | New York Times

MOST POPULAR

  1. Feel-Good Memes Abound After Tim Walz Named VP Pick
  2. Botched Restoration in Spanish Church Yields Uncanny Cherubim
  3. Could Banksy’s New Goat Mural in London Be a Palestine Symbol?
  4. In Shocking Move, Videographer Who Filmed Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Leaders’ Homes Charged With Hate Crime
  5. In Beatrice Glow’s Art, Colonial Histories and AI Collide

You’re currently a free subscriber to Hyperallergic. To support our independent arts journalism, please consider joining us as a paid member.

Become a Member

View in browser  |  Forward to a friend


This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com
Update your email preferences


Hyperallergic, 181 N 11th St, Suite 302, Brooklyn, NY 11211, United States


Click here to stop receiving all Hyperallergic emails