In this virtual discussion, Diné photographer and curator Rapheal Begay and Bard Graduate Center/American Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Fellow Hadley Jensen talk about their work on land-based and relational practices of Navajo weaving.
Jensen curated the upcoming BGC/AMNH digital exhibition, Shaped by the Loom, launching online in Spring 2022, and opening at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Summer 2023. With support from the NYU Gallatin WetLab, Begay and Jensen (co-curators of MIAC’s forthcoming exhibit) worked on a collaborative field documentation project that examines relationships between people and place. Through 360-degree panoramic images, still photographs, and audio recordings, they aim to provide an immersive and sensory experience of the animate landscapes and geographic dynamics of the Navajo Nation.
This content will be featured alongside MIAC’s 2023 exhibit of Navajo textiles in an effort to reimagine and rechart Diné space, particularly within the context of institutional histories and collecting practices. In building upon the exhibition’s themes and narratives, this project foregrounds reciprocity efforts, making this documentation accessible and relevant to descendent communities whose past, present, and future homelands we inhabit.
Project Team:
Hadley Jensen | Curator and BGC/AMNH Postdoctoral Fellow in Museum Anthropology
Jesse Merandy | Director of Digital Humanities/Exhibitions, Bard Graduate Center
Rapheal Begay | Photographer and cultural consultant
Byron Flesher | Photographer
Darby Raymond-Overstreet | Digital artist and printmaker
Lillia McEnaney | Assistant Curator, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology
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