Artist Conversation: Alan Michelson and Christopher Green

For more than thirty years, the New York–based artist Alan Michelson, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, has produced socially engaged, site-specific art grounded in local context and informed by the retrieval of repressed histories. He joins Christopher Green, visiting assistant professor of art history at Lake Forest College, to discuss his recent work, including photo and video installations presented in the exhibition Native America: In Translation.

This program is taking place both in-person and online. Advanced registration is required.

Location: Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room A71

Native America: In Translation is curated by Wendy Red Star. The exhibition is organized by Aperture Foundation, New York, and is made possible, in part, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This event will include live closed captions in both English and Spanish. English captions are available directly in the Zoom toolbar by clicking the “CC” icon. To access Spanish-language captioning, open Streamtext, where you can select “Spanish” to see the live captioning.

Para acceder a los subtítulos en varios idiomas, ingrese al seminario web de Zoom durante un evento en vivo, luego abra un navegador web separado para visitar esta página donde puede seleccionar “español” o el idioma de su elección.

Image Alan Michelson, Hanödaga:yas (Town Destroyer), 2018. HD video and bonded stone Houdon replica bust, with sound by members of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Courtesy the artist