Preview Sky Hopinka's Perfidia at Hyperallergic

At Hyperallergic, Dessane Lopez Cassell introduces readers to Sky Hopinka's Perfidia (Wendy's Subway/CCS Bard, 2020), a long poem interspersed with the artist's own photographs, published in tandem with his first solo exhibition at Bard's Hessel Museum. Within Perfidia, Cassell writes, "Hopinka delves further into the effects of the violent foundations of the US, and their impact on the everyday lives of Indigenous peoples." More:

A first-person narrative (Hopinka is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), the text takes the form of a lengthy poem, and unfolds via a series of lucid cantos. These poetic compositions are punctuated by the artist’s own photographs, which alternate between the serene and more foreboding visions. Essays by Niemi and Lauren Cornell ground the cantos in historical events and situate Perfidia as a snippet of a practice rooted in the slipperiness of documenting the immaterial.

Learn more and preview this gorgeous volume at Hyperallergic.