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SUMMARY:PARA/normal Borders Conversation II: Sky...
DESCRIPTION:Sky Hopinka + Maggie Nelson Part II of the PARA/normal Border
 s Conversation Series Through film\, writing\, and critical inquiry\, Sk
 y Hopinka and Maggie Nelson explore how artistic practice becomes a way 
 of knowing. Working across experimental film\, creative nonfiction\, phi
 losophy\, and visual culture\, their presentations of individual work an
 d conversation will consider how memory\, perception\, language\, and em
 bodied experience shape our understanding of place\, history\, and one a
 nother. Together\, they will examine how art creates new ways of seeing\
 , remembering\, and imagining the world. PARA/normal Borders is the 2026
 –27 edition of the MexiCali Biennial\, a multidisciplinary exhibition an
 d public humanities initiative exploring the borderlands as a space wher
 e visible and invisible histories converge. Rather than treating the bor
 der solely as a geopolitical boundary\, the project approaches it as a c
 ultural\, psychological\, ecological\, and technological condition that 
 shapes contemporary life. Inspired by the concept of the borderlands as 
 a “thin place\,” PARA/normal Borders considers how migration\, language\
 , memory\, Indigenous knowledge\, media\, surveillance\, and speculative
  futures intersect across the California–Mexico border region. Through e
 xhibitions\, performances\, publications\, research initiatives\, and pu
 blic conversations\, the Biennial invites artists\, writers\, scholars\,
  and communities to examine the many ways borders continue to influence 
 how we remember\, imagine\, and inhabit the world. The PARA/normal Borde
 rs Conversation Series brings together MacArthur Fellows whose work expa
 nds our understanding of borders across literature\, film\, visual art\,
  music\, and critical scholarship. This program is co-presented by the M
 exiCali Biennial and the University of California\, San Diego Department
  of Literature’s New Writing Series\, in partnership with the University
  of California\, San Diego Geisel Library’s Archive for New Poetry\, Dep
 artment of Visual Arts\, Indigenous Futures Institute\, and Gallery QI. 
 This event is free and open to the public. A public reception will immed
 iately follow the event. Please RSVP by Monday\, October 12\, 2026. → Le
 arn more about PARA/normal Borders Discussion I: Josh Kun + Alex Rivera 
 → Learn more about PARA/normal Borders Discussion III: Cristina Rivera G
 arza + Fred Moten\n\nTickets: https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/paranormal
 -borders-conversation-ii-sky-hopinka-maggie-nelson#tickets=1\n\nhttps://
 findlocal.community/event/d9a31a5a-2396-4592-afe3-1ab8c37e9d79
LOCATION:UC San Diego\, San Diego\, CA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/d9a31a5a-2396-4592-afe3-1ab8c37e9d7
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