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# "Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound"

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An electrifying new exhibition opening Nov. 10 at the American Indian Museum's George Gustav Heye Center in New York features 10 artists and nine installations that employ a variety of media, including light, digital projection, innovative sound technology and more.

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         Related Content      “Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound” Artist Bios  08.01.2017Media Fact Sheet“Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound” Museum Director and Curators  08.01.2017Media Fact Sheet“Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound”  08.01.2017Media Fact Sheet10 Native American Artists Challenge Boundaries of Tradition at  National Museum of the American Indian’s Heye Center  08.08.2017News ReleaseSpecial Installation Brings Futuristic Art Experience to National  Museum of the American Indian in New York  12.14.2017News Release      Media      -    Courtesy Jon CorbettTransformer: Jon Corbett
Jon Corbett, “Four Generations,” 2015 (video still). Single-channel video (1:30 min.). Collection of the artist. On view beginning Friday, Nov. 10, through Jan.
 
-    Joshua Voda / NMAITransformer: Jordan Bennett
Jordan Bennett, *Aosamia'jij—Too Much Too Little*, 2017. Installation with commercial speakers, black ash, sweet grass, medium-density fiberboard. Collection of the artist.

Photo: Joshua Voda/NMAI.
 
-    Joshua Voda / NMAITransformer: Julie Nagam
Julie Nagam, *Our future is in the land: if we listen to it*, 2017 (detail). Installation with digital video projection, sound, paint. Collection of the artist.

Photo: Joshua Voda/NMAI.
 
-    Joshua Voda/NMAITransformer: Kevin McKenzie
Kevin McKenzie, *Father, Son, Holy Ghost*, 2015 (detail). Cast polyurethane, acrylic, neon. Collection of the artist.

Photo: Joshua Voda/NMAI.
 
-    Courtesy of the artistsTransformer: Marcella Ernest and Keli Mashburn
Marcella Ernest and Keli Mashburn, *Ga.Ni.Tha*, 2013 (video still). Two-channel video with audio (4:55 min.). Courtesy of the artists.
 
-    Joshua Voda / NMAITransformer: Marianne Nicolson
Marianne Nicolson, *The Harbinger of Catastrophe*, 2017 (detail). Glass, wood, halogen-bulb mechanism. Collection of the artist.

Photo: Joshua Voda/NMAI.
 
-    Courtesy Nicholas GalaninTransformer: Nicholas Galanin
Nicholas Galanin, “Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan (We will again open this container of wisdom that has been left in our care), 1 and 2,” 2006 (video still). Digital video projection with sound Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian. On view beginning Friday, Nov.
 
-    Joshua Voda / NMAITransformer: Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon, *Still Life, #3*, 2015 (detail). Sound and light installation with text. Voice and translation by Melvatha Chee. Collection of the artist.

Photo: Joshua Voda/NMAI.
 
-    Courtesy of the artistTransformer: Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster, *Raven Brings the Light*, 2011 (installation detail). Multi-channel video and audio installation (3:30 min.). Collection of the artist.
 
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