“A difference between learning and knowing is little more than asking questions without the entitlement of an answer, and honoring the vulnerability in saying and hearing, ‘I don’t know.’” In his Walker Art Center Artist Op-Ed, experimental filmmaker Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga) ruminates on power, privilege, and identity—including his own—as he responds to the burden of representation and authority placed on groups of traditionally oppressed people. Hopinka's op-ed, like all 12 in this ongoing series, is accompanied by a print-on-demand pamphlet. Like Postcommodity's op-ed of 2017, Hopinka's pamphlet will be released during a September artist talk at the Walker (details to come).

All 12 Artist Op-Eds, with Hopinka's—featuring a still from his film Dislocation Blues (2017), shot at Standing Rock, on the cover—on top.