nkwiluntàmën - performance by Nokosee Fields trio, sound installation by Nathan Young

We are proud to collaborate with nkwiluntàmën for a free public event.

Starting at 2PM experience sound installations by Nathan Young,

Live musical performance by Nokosee Fields trio at 5PM

Nathan Young:

Nathan Young is a multidisciplinary artist, scholar and curator working in an expanded practice that traverses artistic fields which include but are not limited to installation, sound, text, textiles, video, documentary, socially engaged art and experimental music. Nathan is a founding member of the artist collective Postcommodity (2006-2015) and holds an MFA in Music / Sound from Bard College’s Milton-Avery School of the Arts. Young is currently pursuing a PhD in the University of Oklahoma’s innovative Native American Art History Doctoral program where his scholarship is focused on Indigenous Sonic Agency. His work has been supported by Creative Capital, The Tulsa Artist Fellowship, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, The Pew Foundation and the Carnegie Mellon Foundation among others including Tribeca Film Institute and the Sundance Institute.

Nokosee Fields trio:

(Nokosee Fields, Ryan Nickerson & Reed Stutz)

Over the last few years, musician, artist, and collaborator Nokosee Fields has proven himself to be one of the most provocative, significant, and capable voices in the North American traditional music scene. A quest for balance shapes his work, whether he’s reconciling the weight of tradition with his creative impulses; challenging the demands and vacuity of colonialist, capitalist structures and systems with the richness of his experience and upbringing as a member of the Osage, Creek and Cherokee Nations; or simply anchoring the beat in the rhythmic push and pull of the multiple bands in which he works. As a musician and artist, Nokosee seeks to restore balance to the unbalanced. In seeking balance, he creates work that is as provocative as it is beautiful.

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Major support for nkwiluntàmën is provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum)

nkwiluntàmën by Nathan Young (Delaware/Kiowa/Pawnee) is an immersive sound installation at Pennsbury Manor (Bucks County) running through September 2024. This new contemporary artwork transforms an early American landmark into a reflective space to build and deepen our understanding of Indigenous history and resilience. Featuring work by Young and twelve collaborators (including Nokosee Fields), nkwiluntàmën provides a platform for audiences to consider changes made upon the land by the movements of people, their relationship to the environment, and their relationship to each other.

The exhibition features a series of free public events throughout the Philadelphia area that bring indigenous scholars, artists, and performers to engage the natural and built landscape along the Delaware River. These programs focus on bringing audiences into contact with historical sites and the complex histories they carry, building and deepening connections between artistic practices, environmental stewardship, and cultural history.