{"product_id":"the-island-weights-sky-hopinka","title":"The Island Weights, Sky Hopinka","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Island Weights \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of poems by Sky Hopinka, published by Stereo Editions as a letterpress limited edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRelating to the four water spirits holding the earth in place, one of many stories in Ho-Chunk cosmology, \u003ci\u003eThe Island Weights\u003c\/i\u003e (Wijirawaséwe) explores language to conjure these beings, seeking direction while wandering through homeland boundaries and bodies of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE ARTIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSky Hopinka \u003c\/strong\u003e(Ho-Chunk Nation\/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) creates video, photo, and text work centered around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and landscape, designs of language as containers of culture expressed through personal, documentary, and non fiction forms of media. His work has been presented at international film festivals, art biennales, and exhibitions. He received the 2020 Alpert Award for Film\/Video and the 2022 Infinity Award in Art from the International Center of Photography. He was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Sundance Art of Nonfiction, Guggenheim, Art Matters, and at Forge Project, and was a 2022 MacArther Fellow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished by Stereo Editions\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 100\u003cbr\u003e14 pages\u003cbr\u003e165mm x 240mm\u003cbr\u003eIBSN 46418251\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stereo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52648849441099,"sku":"TIWSH","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/theislandweightscover_8961c0d8-a9db-43b3-bb57-f5e86c49e149.jpg?v=1760632618","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/da\/products\/the-island-weights-sky-hopinka","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}