Summary: <p><span>Artist, photographer and filmmaker <a href="http://www.skyhopinka.com/">Sky Hopinka</a> centers Indigenous perspectives in his films, layering abstract sounds, bright imagery and occasionally his own poems. Hopinka’s films are intended to capture the histories and contemporary experiences of Native peoples. His films </span><a href="https://www.skyhopinka.com/antiobjects-or-space-without-path-or-boundary"><em><span>Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary</span></em></a><span><span> </span>(2017),<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.skyhopinka.com/mnemonics-of-shape-and-reason-2021"><em><span>Mnemonics of Shape and Reason</span></em></a><span><span> </span>(2021), and<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.skyhopinka.com/mani-towards-the-ocean-towards-the-shore"><em><span>maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the</span></em><span><span> </span>shore</span></a><span><span> </span>(2020)</span><span><span> </span></span><span>all show Hopinka’s use of innovative cinematic language.</span><span> He also founded<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/cousinorg">COUSIN</a>, a collective to support Native filmmakers and is an<span> </span><a href="https://www.bard.edu/news/a-50-year-old-tape-that-speaks-my-language-professor-sky-hopinka-on-the-inspiration-for-his-new-documentary-kicking-the-clouds-2022-09-13">assistant professor of Film and Electronic Arts</a> at Bard College. </span></p>
