Leather and Satin Embroideries, 2018-2020

Written By Kite .

Made of leather or satin, these embroideries are iterative and experimental version of Lakota women’s geometric designs. They are created on a Tajima embroidery machine and are made with various versions of conductive embroidery thread in order to be interactive, and some are just meant to be scores to be interpreted by musicians.

Wichahpih’a (a clear night with a star-filled sky of a starlit night) 2020

Silver thread on blue satin, (Image Meant for Screen Printing on Paper and Satin), 2 ft x 2 ft.

uŋȟčéla wílečhala, for Nathan Young (Waxing Crescent Peyote Moon), 2020

uŋȟčéla wílečhala, for Nathan Young (Waxing Crescent Peyote Moon), 2020

Silver thread and beads on black leather

39 × 33 1/2 in. (99.06 × 85.09 cm).

Potential Transformation of Power, 2018

Potential Transformation of Power, 2018

Silver thread on black leather

21 x 18 in.

Image by Ryan Parker, presented at Tinworks Art in Bozeman, Montana.

Tho Win (Blue Woman) #1, 2019

Tho Win (Blue Woman) #1, 2019

Silver Thread on Blue Leather

4 ft x 4 ft

Thehpi Chapcheyazala Wakhan (Unknowable Black Currant Hide) #1, 2019

Thehpi Chapcheyazala Wakhan (Unknowable Black Currant Hide) #1, 2019

Conductive Thread and Silver Thread on Black Leather,

3 ft x 3 ft

Otakiya Thehpi Chapcheyazala (Black Currant Hide Manyfold), 2019

Otakiya Thehpi Chapcheyazala (Black Currant Hide Manyfold), 2019

Silver Thread on Black Leather, score for improvising musician

3 ft x 3 ft (star filled sky or a starlit night)

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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