Alongside Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson, please join us for a three-part book club to explore some of the ideas circulating in this exhibition.

In the first two sessions, attendees will read and discuss two short texts inspired by the exhibition.

The third session will be opened to the broader public, and book club attendees are invited to lead the public dialogue.

Dialogues, Connections, and Divergences Schedule

Session 1 - Book Club Meet

Saturday, September 14, 10-12PM

The group will focus on a section from Édouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation, published in English in 1997. A poet and philosopher, Glissant (1928-2011) was interested in thinking through the complex and destructive histories of nationalism and colonialism.

Session 2 - Book Club Meet

Monday, September 16, 5:30-7:30 PM

Drawing upon her essay, “Frontrunners as an Exploration of Indigenous Littoral Curation,” we pay attention to the curatorial thinking of Cathy Mattes, a Michif (Southwest Manitoba) curator, writer, and associate professor in history of art and curatorial studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Public Dialogue

Saturday, October 12, 10-12PM

Join Mario Caro, Director of the MFA in studio arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and Lisa Le Feuvre, co-curator of the Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson exhibition and executive director of Holt/Smithson Foundation in a public conversation to explore some of the ideas circulating in SITE SANTA FE’s current exhibition, Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson. Coffee provided!