Oaye Technology

(Advancing towards technology)

In 2019, I was again commissioned to work with the Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud, this time to produce artwork for a New York City festival on technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Working with Lakota artists, Suzanne Kite and Sadie Red Wing, and design expert, Adegboyga Adefope, I used 86 photographs made by Club youth to create a visual representation of a Lakota kinship circle welcoming technology into its midst.

The installation, which is 31 feet long and 10 feet tall, was exhibited in New York City in November 2021, Rapid City, South Dakota, in May 2024, and again in New York City in November 2024. Youth from the Club attended both the November 2021 New York City event and the May 2024 Rapid City show.