Raven Chacon's Park Avenue Armory Improvisations Anchor Indigenous Peoples' Day Coverage
On October 11 and 12, 2023, Raven Chacon, a Diné artist, showcased hour-long improvisational performances at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan as part of the Artists Studio series. The setup included a table filled with sound mixers, synthesizers, and various instruments, allowing the audience to witness Chacon's creative process. During a discussion with Phillip Pyle, Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, he explored the concept of music's "collision" and the reclamation of colonial technologies through sound. These performances aligned with the celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day by Hyperallergic. In November, the Gochman Collection of Indigenous Art will launch Branchline in Katonah, New York. Hyperallergic also featured exhibitions with artists like Jeremy Dennis and reviewed Truman Lowe's retrospective, alongside information on art classes, the 2027 ArtFields Festival, and fellowship deadlines.
Key facts
- Raven Chacon performed hour-long improvisation sessions on Wednesday and Thursday nights in the Veterans Room at Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory.
- The performances were part of the Armory's Artists Studio series.
- A table at the center of the room held sound mixers, synthesizers, pedals, speakers, whistles, a turkey call, and a ceramic horn.
- Chacon, a Diné musician, spoke with Hyperallergic Associate Editor Phillip Pyle about the "collision" at the heart of all music and reclaiming technologies of colonial violence through sound.
- The Gochman Collection of Indigenous Art will open a new Katonah, New York, space called Branchline in November, showing selections from over 800 contemporary Native artworks.
- A Hyperallergic roundup highlighted seven New York exhibitions for Indigenous Peoples' Day featuring Jeremy Dennis, Shelley Niro, and Sarah Sense.
- Critic Chinyere Erondu reviewed the first major retrospective of Hoocąk artist Truman Lowe.
- Hyperallergic republished Hrag Vartanian's interviews with four artists at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock, North Dakota, about the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
Entities
Artists
- Raven Chacon
- Phillip Pyle
- Lakshmi Rivera Amin
- Shelley Niro
- Sarah Sense
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Jeremy Dennis
- Truman Lowe
- Chinyere Erondu
- Hrag Vartanian
- Carol Mancusi-Ungaro
- Mark Rothko
- Barnett Newman
- Cy Twombly
- Edgar Calel
- Ana Mendieta
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Park Avenue Armory
- Gochman Collection of Indigenous Art
- Branchline
- ArtFields Festival
- Quarto Group
- Asian Cultural Council
- Hammer Museum
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Locations
- Manhattan
- New York
- United States
- Katonah
- Standing Rock
- North Dakota
- Lake City
- South Carolina
- Brooklyn
- Asia
- New Mexico
- San Francisco
- California