Lecture on Two Locations, 2016

Written By Kite .

Lecture on Two Locations. Site Specific experimental lecture/performance. Kite, 2016. 20 minutes. Printed handouts, projections, text.

A mapping lecture or workshop of two unspecified locations with thirteen Western methods, i.e. aerial, geological, chemical, archaeological, etc. This workshop or lecture speculates on the ability of a location to be mapped. Lecture format, slideshow, sound, with annotated research packets for the audience. Developed at the Milton Avery Graduate School of Fine Art, performed at Intersite Festival, Calgary, AB, November 2016.

This work is indebted to Taylor Harder, the New York State Museum, and especially the research and writing of Jesse Salus of the Ring Road Blog. https://calgaryringroad.wordpress.com

Kite .

Kite (Dr. Suzanne Kite) is an Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, and composer raised in Southern California, with a BFA from CalArts in music composition,and an MFA from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School, and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Concordia University, Montreal. Kite’s scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakȟóta ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance, often working in collaboration with family and community members. Recently, Kite has been developing body interfaces for machine learning driven performance and sculptures generated by dreams, and experimental sound and video work. Kite has published in The Journal of Design and Science (MIT Press), with the award winning article, “Making Kin with Machines,” co-authored with Jason Lewis, Noelani Arista, and Archer Pechawis. Kite is currently a 2023 Creative Capital Award Winner, 2023 USA Fellow, and a 2022-2023 Creative Time Open Call artist with Alisha B. Wormsley. Kite is currently Distinguished Artist in Residence and Assistant Professor of American and Indigenous Studies, Bard College and a Research Associate and Residency Coordinator for the Abundant Intelligences (Indigenous AI) project.

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