Sky Hopinka
Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) is a filmmaker, video artist, and photographer developing new forms of cinema centred around personal positions on Indigenous homeland, language(s), culture and landscape. He has screened at festivals including Sundance, Toronto IFF, Courtisane, Punto de Vista, and New York Film Festival. Exhibitions include Whitney Biennial (2017), FRONT Triennial (2018) and Prospect.5 (2021). He has been guest curator at Whitney Biennial (2019) and participated in Cosmopolis #2 at Centre Pompidou. Solo exhibitions include the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (2020) and LUMA (2022). Most recently, he received the 2022 Infinity Award in Art from the International Center of Photography, and is a 2022 MacArther Fellow.
Run Time
Space to play, explore and to unleash your imagination! Explore is a brand new BFMAF kids and family-friendly space at 59 Marygate with rolling animation programmes (11am-6pm) and creative activities offered (11am–4pm). Artists Katie Chappell and Chloe Smith will be leading drop-in creative activities for children and their families, inspired by the film animations.
