This short film, presented as a wall-sized projection, documents the 2016–2017 Standing Rock protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that would poison water resources, destroy ancestral burial grounds, and violate Indigenous national sovereignty. The Indigenous voices heard in the film provide an important counterpoint to official narratives represented in the film by U.S. government surveillance drones and a news media presence.
Sky Hopinka: Dislocation Blues is supported by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, and The University at Albany Foundation.
Additional support for fall 2024 exhibitions and programs is provided by the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, the Ann C. Mataraso Fund, and the Jack and Gertrude Horan Memorial Fund for Student Outreach.
Image credit:
Sky Hopinka, Dislocation Blues, 2017 (detail), HD video, 00:16:5 minutes, color, sound, image courtesy of the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, www.vdb.org.