TBA:20 INSTITUTE

SATURDAY AFTERNOON ARTIST CONVERSATION with Demian DinéYazhi’ and Kevin Holden with Joseph M. Pierce 

Date

September 12, 2:00 PM PDT | CLOSED CAPTIONING | TICKETS/WATCH

Description

Demian DinéYazhi’ and Kevin Holden discuss their TBA performance SHATTER///, which combines poetry, protest, experimental electronic sound, and embodiments toward Queer Indigenous liberation. Moderated by Joseph M. Pierce (Cherokee Nation Citizen), Associate Professor, Hispanic Languages & Literature, SUNY Stonybrook.

Moderator Bio

Joseph M. Pierce is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. He is the author of Argentine Intimacies: Queer Kinship in an Age of Splendor, 1890-1910 (SUNY Press, 2019) and co-editor of Políticas del amor: Derechos sexuales y escrituras disidentes en el Cono Sur (Cuarto Propio, 2018) as well as the forthcoming special issue of GLQ, “Queer/Cuir Américas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable.” Along with SJ Norman (Koori, Wiradjuri descent) he is co-curator of the indigenous-led performance series Knowledge of Wounds. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON ARTIST CONVERSATIONS

A handful of festival artists will be featured in dialogue with each other and guest curators and scholars about their TBA projects and broader artistic practices. All Artist Conversations will be streamed online for the public and archived for later viewing. Some will include audience Q&A. All Artist Conversations will be Open or Live Captioned 

TBA:20 Institute

Connecting audiences with festival artists and their ideas - the aesthetics, politics, critical concepts, and cultural contexts that inform their work - has always been a highlight of TBA. Sustaining the discursive and participatory spirit of past festivals, this year's TBA Institute includes a mix of reading groups, discussions, artist conversations, workshops, and post-show Q&A's, all presented virtually. We will miss bringing together large groups in person for deep dialogue, but we are pleased to make the Institute program available online, with audiences, artists, and guest moderators from across time zones. 

Please note that some online Institute events have limited capacity and require registration, while others are publicly accessible. Please visit pica.org/TBA to learn more about this year's TBA Institute and how to engage.