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Postcommodity, a Southwest Native American Artist collective, was founded in 2007 by Kade Twist and Steven Yazzie.[1] Their name refers to the "commodity era" of Native American art trading in the late 1800s and 1900s, with the "post" being in reference to their modern take on traditional Native art forms.
Their current members include Kade Twist and Cristobal Martinez. Former members are Raven Chacon (2009-2018), Steve Yazzie (2007-2010) and Nathan Young (2007-2015).
Art style
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Postcommodity makes use of modern technology (sound, video, etc.)[3] in a way that goes against what would be considered as Native American "Commodity Art". Much of this work has been considered as Asmr. Recently, they have been incorporating their work into architecture, such as adding speakers to pre-existing buildings, or creating their own structures.
Another recurring theme in their art is the use of Bird scarer balloons, which contain elements of Native American colors and iconography. Their context for using these balloons is to "function as an intervention repelling the manifestations of the Western worldview and imagination."[4]
In addition to visual art and ASMR, Postcommodity has released music. Much of this music is compiled from other artists, and has been released in the form of LP records.
Artworks
edit2008
edit- Repellent Eye Over Phoenix
2009
edit- Worldview Manipulation Therapy
- Do You Remember When?[5]
- Dead River
2010
edit- My Blood is in the Water
- If History Moves At the Speed of its Weapons, Then the Shape of the Arrow is Changing
- It's My Second Home, But I Have a Very Spiritual Connection With This Place
2011
edit- Gallup Motel Butchering
- The Night is Filled With the Harmonics of Suburban Dreams
- Radiophonic Territory (Nocturne)
- A More Just, Verdant and Harmonious Resolution
- Mother, Teacher, Destroyer
- Repellent Eye (Winnipeg)
2012
edit- With Salvage and Knife Tongue
2013
edit- Game Remains (Ongoing)
2014
edit- People of Good Will (2014-2016)
2015
edit- Repellent Fence / Valla Repelente (US/Mexico Borderlands)[6]
- Pollination
2016
edit- A Very Long Line
2017
edit- In Memorium
- Blind / Curtain[7]
- The Ears Between Worlds are Always Speaking
- Coyotaje
2018
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- From Smoke and Tangled Waters We Carried Fire Home
2019
edit- The Point of Final Collapse
- With Each Incentive[8]
- It Exists in Many Forms
2020
editMusic
edit2007
edit- Postcommodity + Magor
2011
edit- The Contour 2011 Sound + Vision LP: Piles of Cougar Pelts (recorded 2001–2011)
- Your New Age Dream Contains More Blood Than You Imagine
2015
edit- We Lost Half the Forest and the Rest Will Burn This Summer
Books
edit2010
edit- Postcommodity + Magor, Postcommodity Publications (PCP)[11]
Exhibitions
edit2007
edit- 4+4+4 Days in Motion Festival, Prague, Czech Republic[1]
- Intersections, Institute Slavonice, Center For the Future, Slavonice, Czech Republic
2009
edit- Martha and Mary Street Fair, Arizona State University Art Museum Happening
- Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures, Arizona State University Art Museum
- Worldview Manipulation Therapy, Ice House, Phoenix, AZ
2010
edit- Muorrajurdagat, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo Norway
- It Wasn't the Dream of Golden Cities, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2011
edit- Here, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada.
- Contour 2011, 5th Bienniel of Sound and Image, Mechelen, Belgium.
- Half Life: Patterns of Change, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
- Close Encounters, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
- The Night is Filled With the Harmonics of Suburban Dreams, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2012
edit- 18th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Time Lapse / March 2012, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Adelaide International 2012: Restless, Adelaide, Australia
2013
edit- It's My Second Home, But I Have a Very Spiritual Connection With This Place, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2014
edit- Boundary//Battle, Redline, Denver, CO
- Free State Festival, Lawerence Art Center, Lawerence, KS
2015
edit- Ende Tymes Festival of Noise and Liberation, Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Image Festival, A Non-Place in A Space, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON
- You Are On Indian Land, Radiator Gallery, New York, NY
- Repellent Fence, US/Mexican Border, Douglas, AZ, U.S., Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mex.
- The Advice Seekers Want To Be Told Their Right, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- Gallup Motel Butchering, CentralTrak Gallery, University of Texas, Dallas, TX
- Pollination, SouthwestNET: Postcommodity, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2016
edit- Screens and Thresholds, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
- Visions Into Infinite Archives, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
- A Very Long Line, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
- People of Good Will, Musagetes Foundation, Guelph, Canada
2017
edit- In Around Beyond, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- I am you, you are too, Walker Art Center, Minneopolis, MN
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, ON
- documenta14, Kassel, DE
- documenta14, Athens, GR
- 2017 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Resistance After Nature, Haverford Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA
- Land Art - Broken Ground New Beginnings, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
- A Very Long Line, Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
- Coyotaje, Art in General, New York, NY
2018
edit- 57th Carnegie International, 2018, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
- Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment, Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
- Califas: Art of the US-Mexico Borderlands, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
- Hyperobjects, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
- Coyotaje, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
2019
edit- how the light gets in, 2019, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Desert X, 2019, Coachella Valley, CA
- Some Reach While Others Clap, LAXArt, Los Angeles, CA
- The Point of Final Collapse, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- With Each Incentive, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
edit2007
edit- Telluride Institute Fellowship for a residency at the Center for the Future in the Czech Republic.[11]
2008
edit- Common Ground Grant, First Nations Composers Imitative, American Composers Forum
2009
edit- Artist Project Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts.
2010
edit- Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant.
- Harpo Foundation Grant.
- National Museum of the American Indian, Expressive Arts Grant.
- Elly Kay Fund Award for excellence in contemporary art.
2012
edit- Creative Capital Artist Grant.
2013
edit- Art Matters Grant.
2014
edit2017
edit- Art of Change Fellowship, Ford Foundation.
- USArtist International Grant, Mid Atlantic Art Foundation.
2018
edit- Fine Prize, The Fine Foundation.
2019
edit- The Harker Fund of The San Francisco Foundation.
References
edit- ^ a b "Postcommodity: About". postcommodity.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Irwin, Matthew (Spring 2017). "Suturing the Borderlands: Postcommodity and Indigenous Presence on the U.S.-Mexico Border". InVisible Culture. No. 26. ProQuest 2276832193.
- ^ Kelley, Bill (June 2015). "Reimagining Ceremonies: A Conversation with Postcommodity". Afterall. 39: 26–35. doi:10.1086/682834. S2CID 147337992.
- ^ "Postcommodity: Repellent Eye Over Phoenix". postcommodity.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Postcommodity" (PDF). minusplato. October 2017.
- ^ Munro, Cait (18 August 2015). "Postcommodity Flies Giant Eyes Over Border". Artnet News.
- ^ "Postcommodity". www.documenta14.de. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Postcommodity Centers Optimism and Indigenous Philosophies in a New Site-Specific Installation". Hyperallergic. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Schloor, Laura. "Postcommodity "Some Reach While Others Clap" LAXART/Los Angeles". Flash Art. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Postcommodity. "Postcommodity: Let Us Pray for the Water Between Us". Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Postcommodity: Vitae". postcommodity.com. Retrieved 2020-03-04.