Breaking Protocol

Edited with an introduction by Maria Hupfield. Afterword by Carin Kuoni. 

SIGNED by Maria Hupfield


Conversation between transdisciplinary Anishnaabek artist Maria Hupfield and curator Thomas (T.) Jean Lax. 

Deftly weaving written reflections, visual essays, poetry, short stories, and scores, Breaking Protocol builds on conversations transdisciplinary artist and Vera List Center Borderlands Fellow Maria Hupfield has convened with fellow Indigenous performance artists. Hupfield will be in conversation withThomas (T.) Lax, Curator, Department of Media and Performance at the Museum of Modern Art.


Introduction by Maria Hupfield with written contributions and artworks by Jackson 2bears, Pelenakeke Brown, Katherine Carl, Re’al Christian, Christen Clifford, TJ Cuthand, Raven Davis, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Candice Hopkins, Akiko Ichikawa, Ursula Johnson, Kite, Charles Koroneho, Carin Kuoni, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Cathy Mattes, Peter Morin, Meagan Musseau, Wanda Nanibush, Archer Pechawis, Rosanna Raymond, Skeena Reece, Georgiana Uhlyarik, and Charlene Vickers, and reflections on Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Dennis Redmoon Darkheem, Natalie Diaz, the Dime Collective, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Jane Schoolcraft and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory.


InventoryPress/Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, 2023

Paperback | 6.5 x 9 in. | 144 pgs  | 40 color | 10 bw.