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Support Hyperallergic’s independent arts journalism for as little as $8 per month. Become a Member ALBUQUERQUE — Where is the artist’s voice in the museum? This question, posed during an artist roundtable on opening weekend of the exhibition Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue , is answered in part by the exhibition itself. For the past 10 years, Broken Boxes Podcast has been transmitting ideas between artists thanks to its creator, Ginger Dunnill, who also co-curated Broken Boxes .
The show features large-scale artworks, installations, videos, and performances by 23 artists — many of whom are friends with each other and with Dunnill. All have contributed to the podcast, which covers topics such as mental and physical health, Indigenous sovereignty, settler colonialism, migration, and navigating the commercial art market. Directional speakers located throughout the exhibition space play excerpts of podcast episodes, creating an ambient soundtrack for the show; visitors can listen while in proximity to works by the artists whose voices they are hearing.
One of those voices is that of Autumn Chacon, a Diné and Chicana sound artist and activist. Her installation, “Between Our Mother’s Voice and Our Father’s .