MacArthur Fellows Teresita Fernández, Natalie Diaz, and Raven Chacon at SITE SANTA FE
This day-long program of collaborative performance featured MacArthur Fellows Teresita Fernández, Raven Chacon (Dine/Chicano), and Natalie Diaz (citizen of the Gila River Indian Community/Akimel O'odham). In connection with her SITE SANTA FE exhibition, Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson, Teresita Fernández presented a visual essay titled Pauses Along A Curving Timeline. Then, Raven Chacon and Natalie Diaz performed sound and poetry, offering reflections on land, water, and place.
Landscapes Made Invisible: Teresita Fernández and Carla Acevedo-Yates in Conversation
Artist and co-curator of the exhibition Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson at SITE SANTA FE, Teresita Fernández discussed the construction of what has been historically defined as landscape with visiting curator Carla Acevedo-Yates, exploring what lies in its liminal and layered spaces, what and who is omitted and erased, and the colonial legacies that persist in how we have come to understand the land we occupy.
Soil Horizon: A Wayfinding Practice Artist Talk with Teresita Fernández
In advance of the opening of the exhibition Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson at SITE SANTA FE, artist and exhibition co-curator Teresita Fernández gave an insightful talk on the material and conceptual nuances of her artistic practice.