Tricksterism and Indigenous Media Epistemologies: An Interview with New Red Order

Smith, Patrick Brian

Abstract

This interview with two of the core members of the Indigenous media collective New Red Order (Ojibway filmmaker Adam Khalil and Tlingit visual artist Jackson Polys, referred to as NRO hereafter), explores how their expanded multimedia practice—operating across documentary, installation, performance, multi-sited exhibitions, festivals, amongst other formats—takes up ironic, humorous, and unreal modes of address for radically decolonial ends. The collective defines themselves as a “public secret society,” employing “non-Indigenous allies and accomplices." For the group, this approach is a response to the fact that Indigenous knowledge “is increasingly recognized as a commodity with rising value, capable of remedying modern ills… [and] Indigenous people are asked to provide information on their culture and speak on behalf of their communities.”

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 22, 2025
• Deposit Date: Feb 12, 2025
• Journal: Alphaville
• Print ISSN: 2009-4078
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Publisher URL: https://alphavillejournal.com/