Danie Koskan writes, “The bereaved are expected to feed anyone who comes to call, and often it’s a steady stream of people paying their respects. Sharing cakes at funeral wakes is a very common practice common amongst the Lakota people and other Turtle Island communities often these cakes have an image of the deceased imprinted in the frosting. “Invisible Prairie,” Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT. “No sound should be made without a listening ear to another being, another instrumentalist, or the birds.” Aŋpáwi Aíyokpaza (Eclipse) is the final event of “Invisible Prairie” a place-based multimedia art exhibition focused on the sensory experience of the Great Plains, with a focus on language and sound.” “Imagine each symbol moves through the human/instrument body as if the instrument is a bird who has stopped singing during the day, whose heart beats furiously in terror,” she writes. Kite’s instructions for Aŋpáwi Aíyokpaza (Eclipse) direct the performer to the workings of the sky as well as the responses here on earth. The time was chosen to coincide with the unfolding of the partial solar eclipse, to further expand upon the traditional Lakȟóta cosmological understanding of the mirroring of events that take place on earth and in the sky. For this performance of Aŋpáwi Aíyokpaza (Eclipse), Kite will gather a group of local musicians on Octobetween 9:11am and 10:52am in Bozeman, Montana. Kite frequently records her scores by embroidering them onto silk or leather for Aŋpáwi Aíyokpaza (Eclipse), performers will reproduce the image with stones on the ground and the form will become the stage upon which to enact the piece. The forms are derived from tradition artmaking such as quill and beadwork and communicate concepts without using verbal language. As part of her performance practice, she composes ‘visual scores’ for musicians using components of geometric language identified in linguist Sadie Red Wing’s Lakȟóta shape kit.Ī ‘visual score’ is a form of experimental musical notation using symbolic forms that performers and musicians read and interpret. “Kite’s interdisciplinary practice spans sound, video, performance, instrument building, wearable artwork, poetry, prose, interactive installations, and more. Kite, AŊPÁWI AÍYOKPAZA, Solar Eclipse Performance.

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