He Who Wears Faces on His Ears
Synopsis
He Who Wears Faces on His Ears, Sky Hopinka (2025) The piece moves through Indigenous mythologies and the ways they echo across present-day landscapes, surfacing as quiet and persistent currents. Drawing from the Ho-Chunk story of Red Horn (also known as He Who Wears Faces on His Ears) it circles the thresholds between human and spirit realms, attending to the cyclical routes that pattern myth, memory, and language. Its gestures orbit cloud, text, and road, where language folds into atmosphere and re-emerges as shifting trace. Figures and places double and invert; images drift toward and away from legibility. Voices gather in a loose polyphony, touching the presences that shape how place is sensed and understood. What emerges is less a narrative than a return, an ongoing movement through stories that persist across time. Calligram text from Yves Bonnefoy’s The Arrière-Pays Music by Thad Kellstadt Additional Music by Wisconsin Dells Singers
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Sky Hopinka
- Original Title
- He Who Wears Faces on His Ears
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 9m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Sky Hopinka
Department Leadership Roster
Sky Hopinka
Director
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What is He Who Wears Faces on His Ears about?
He Who Wears Faces on His Ears, Sky Hopinka (2025) The piece moves through Indigenous mythologies and the ways they echo across present-day landscapes, surfacing as quiet and persistent currents. Drawing from the Ho-Chunk story of Red Horn (also known as He Who Wears Faces on His Ears) it circles the thresholds between human and spirit realms, attending to the cyclical routes that pattern myth, memory, and language. Its gestures orbit cloud, text, and road, where language folds into atmosphere and re-emerges as shifting trace. Figures and places double and invert; images drift toward and away from legibility. Voices gather in a loose polyphony, touching the presences that shape how place is sensed and understood. What emerges is less a narrative than a return, an ongoing movement through stories that persist across time. Calligram text from Yves Bonnefoy’s The Arrière-Pays Music by Thad Kellstadt Additional Music by Wisconsin Dells Singers
Who directed He Who Wears Faces on His Ears?
He Who Wears Faces on His Ears was directed by Sky Hopinka.
Who stars in He Who Wears Faces on His Ears?
The principal cast of He Who Wears Faces on His Ears includes Not specified.
When was He Who Wears Faces on His Ears released and how long is it?
He Who Wears Faces on His Ears was released in the theatrical window with a total runtime of 9m.