Candice Hopkins

Candice Hopkins (citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation) has curated Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 (now at SITE), inspired by two events from 1969, the publication of “Indian Theatre: An Artistic Experiment in Progress”, and the occupation of Alcatraz Island. She talks with Matthew Chase-Daniel about the show, history, representation, humor, and visual sovereignty, about intersections between activism and performance art, and how burning things down can create pathways to rebirth and reinvention in landscape and art.