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A New York-based Mohawk member of Six Nations of the Grand River, Michelson draws upon historical memory and Indigenous philosophy to reveal and challenge disturbing colonial legacies. This exhibition, centered around Wolf Nation (2018), presented four works in video, sound, print, and augmented reality that investigated the layered histories of place through forms distilled from diverse sources such as wampum belts, moving panoramas, Indigenous horticulture, colonial maps, state historic markers, and scenic wallpaper. Working within a space space for the exhibition graphics, we leveraged the colors used within the work to maximize impact. Photograph by Timothy Schenck.

5.5” x 8.5” offset invitations for the dual opening reception of Rachel Harrison Life Hack and Alan Michelson: Wolf Nation. Photograph by Jens Mortensen.

I❤️NY. #brooklynsunset Thank you, Bill Jacobson. Great studio visit—excited about the photos from “American Trip”selected for your exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum. Thank you for the tour of Greater New York at PS1. #americantrip @tenderloinmuseum @bill_jacobson #alanmichelson #greaternewyork @momaps1 Oh, and that is a #jamesturell on the top floor of #momaps1 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbHS3POOWbp/?utm_medium=tumblr

Alan Michelson, Mespat (video (19:24 minutes), Turkey feathers, monofilament, steel. Original sound track by Michael J. Schumacher. 132 × 168 × 12 inches), 2001. Based on a popular, pre-cinematic entertainment—painted moving panoramas—this video installation pans continuously along the 3.5-mile shoreline of urban Newtown Creek, the estuary dividing Brooklyn and Queens. It revisits an area known as “Mespat” (“bad water place”) to the native Lenape, who were displaced from there by European colonists in 1642. Polluted by raw sewage and industry from the mid-19th century, the creek was also the site of a 17 million-gallon oil spill in the 1950’s and was designated a Superfund site in 2010. More here.