Interviews & Podcasts

Cecilia Vicuña in Conversation with Elizabeth DeLoughrey

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2026

Vicuña’s The Dream of Water: Quipu of Encounters Maricunga at MOCA focuses on the ecological crisis unfolding in the Maricunga Salt Flats, located in the southernmost part of the Atacama Desert where fragile ecosystems–and the communities that have called this territory home for generations–face increasing threats from corporate lithium mining. The conversation will explore this newly commissioned work as well as Vicuña's decades long practice spanning poetry, performance, and textiles.

The Sea Within Us: Caring for the Deep

A conversation with Rebeca Méndez and Rosanna Xia, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2026

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s award-winning and widely influential book, The Sea Around Us, an interdisciplinary group of Indigenous culture bearers, scientists, artists, and ocean storytellers addresses the legacy of DDT+, industrial, and radioactive waste dumping off the Southern California coast. As a visionary marine biologist, Carson represents the science of the ocean alongside an ethic of accountability to what she termed our “mother sea.” To Carson, the ocean is a teacher, agent, and ancestor carried in our briny veins.This panel engages a wide range of perspectives about the cultures of ocean knowledge including Indigenous stewardship, the history and science behind the contamination, its impact on ocean ecosystems and marine mammals, and how collectively we might chart a path toward healing and accountability through diverse practices of caring for the deep.
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