Winyan Yamni: Three Dreams, 2021

Written By Kite .

Winyan Yamni: Three Dreams, Kite. Film, 13:52 minutes.

Synopsis

An investigation of a possible Lakota filmic gaze, based on the dreaming methodologies of the Double Woman. The Double Woman or Winyan Nunpa design refers to a mythic and supernatural figure that inspires bead workers through dreams. 


Credits:

Director/writer: KITE

Producer: Blackhorse Lowe

Producer: Buffalo Nickel Creative

Producer: Adam Piron / COUSIN Collective

Associate Producer: Jason Edward Lewis / Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace

Associate Producer: James Hurwitz / Interstellar Art Foundation

Producer/UPS: Dylan Brodie

1st AD: Steve Hanan

Set PA: Justine Rusk

Set PA: Mitch Gilliam

Set PA: Claire Flanary

Set PA: Julie Madalone

Wrap PA: Margaret Cole


Editor: D.E. Hyde


Director of Photography: Charles Elmore

1st AC: Marissa Shoemaker

2nd AC: Brit Hensel

DIT: Loren Waters

Camara Utility: Brittany Bendabout


Gaffer: Sunrise Tippeconnie

Key Grip - 11/6: Micah Hart

Key Grip - 11/7: Jeremy Smart


Production Designer/ Set: Chris Frey / Jake Basnett


Decorator: Cheyenne Scarborough

Asst Set Decorator: Lisa Boudreau


Costume Designer: Shanna Paddock


Still Photographer: Brittany Bendabout


SOUND

Micer: Nathan Young / Mateo Galindo

Audio Engineer: Tom Ryan / Parabolic


MUSIC

Composer/Performer: Kite

Audio Engineer: Robbie Wing


Animation: Devin Ronneberg


Horse Trainer: Katy Bias


Caterer: Bradley Dry


Special Thanks:

Bettina Pérez

Robbie Wing

Bella Rose

Cult Love House

Ryan RedCorn

Joe Brown Thunder

Sterlin Harjo

Tom & Susie Warren

Tate Steinsiek

Tulsa FMAC

Circle Cinema

Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences

Pantheon Digital

Tanner Scarborough

asinnajaq

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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