Left to Right; Lindsey Hinmon, Ben Pease, Shannon Jackson, Jeffrey Gibson, and Heather Hart. Photo by Nathan Norby.
Relevance of Place
Relevance of Place is an online series of site-specific dialogues that explore the meaning of place at Tippet Rise Art Center.
Guided by Shannon Jackson, Chair of the History of Art Department at UC-Berkeley and a scholar of socially-engaged art, this platform invites artists, architects, designers, and creative thinkers to engage in conversation about the ethics, aesthetics, and relevance of place. These conversations explore “place” as a global, local, and personal concept as well as “place” as it refers specifically to Tippet Rise, a site that brings together “art, music, land, sky, and poetry” creating an “algorithm that is greater than the sum of its parts.” In individual interviews and group dialogues, each guest offers stories and insights from their own practice. Together, they reflect on the historic past and sustainable future of Tippet Rise—as an environmental site, as a wide-ranging art center, and as a creative gathering space.
Relevance of Place: Jeffrey Gibson
Cross media artist Jeffrey Gibson speaks about the arts, geological time, and the importance of indigenous perspectives, both in his practice and at Tippet Rise Art Center.
Relevance of Place: Heather Hart
Interdisciplinary artist Heather Hart speaks about the artistic and social goals of her public art practice as well as their relevance for the history and future of Tippet Rise Art Center.
Relevance of Place: Ben Pease
Painter and public artist, Ben Pease, speaks about Native resilience and resistance in his artistic practice, as well as the importance of indigenous worldviews – in Montana and beyond.
Relevance of Place: Lindsey Hinmon
Tippet Rise co-director Lindsey Hinmon speaks about the unique sense of presence created at Tippet Rise as well its range of aesthetic, educational, and community experiences.
Relevance of Place: Jeffrey Gibson, Heather Hart, Lindsey Hinmon, & Ben Pease
Shannon Jackson moderates a conversation about tradition, imagination, and accountability with artists Jeffrey Gibson, Ben Pease, and Heather Hart and with Tippet Rise co-director, Lindsey Hinmon.
Relevance of Place: Pete Hinmon
Tippet Rise co-director, Pete Hinmon, speaks about the center’s unique commitment to locality as well as the many ways that it combines art, architecture, and landscape.
Relevance of Place: Cathy Halstead
Tippet Rise Co-Founder Cathy Halstead speaks about the power of artistic metaphor at Tippet Rise and the importance of facing the history and future of the site with a spirit of love.
Relevance of Place: Francis Kéré
Architect and artist Francis Kéré discusses how the community spaces in his village in Burkina Faso inspire his award-winning international designs, including Xylem at Tippet Rise.
Relevance of Place: Ronald Rael
Designer, artist, and architect Ronald Rael speaks about how an indigenous understanding of land and materials inspires his contemporary innovations in art, design, and new technology, and shares his response to Tippet Rise.
Relevance of Place: Cathy Halstead, Francis Kéré, Ronald Rael, & Ben Wynthein
Shannon Jackson moderates a dialogue among local and international luminaries on what it means to honor the history of a landscape such as Tippet Rise and to sustain its future health — artistically, socially, and environmentally.
Relevance of Place: Walter Hood
Artist and designer Walter Hood discusses how his unique process reimagines the ethical and artistic possibilities of a landscape, and how he responds to sculpture within the landscape of Tippet Rise.
Relevance of Place: Suzanne Lacy
Artist Suzanne Lacy discusses the principles of community and relationality and how they inform her public art and activism, as well as her response to Tippet Rise.
Relevance of Place: Laura Viklund
Architect Laura Viklund talks about the community principles of timber-framing and how they have informed her architectural designs as well as her role as an interpreter between artists and the Tippet Rise site.
Relevance of Place: Walter Hood, Suzanne Lacy, & Laura Viklund
Shannon Jackson moderates a dialogue among three leading public artists and architects about how socially relevant art emerges from local communities and offers new perspectives on the places we live and the lives we lead.