Independent Arts News Reporting Immersive Sound Exhibition by Indigenous Artist at Pennsbury Manor
Reported on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Updated October 31, 2024.
Pictured Above: Indigenous artist Nathan Young. Photo Credit: Contributed.
NEWSROOM POST: MORRISVILLE, PA
The free exhibition by Nathan Young, "nkwiluntàmën," is on view through June, 2025.
Morrisville, PA – Saturday September 21, indigenous artist Nathan Young gave a “Welcome to Lenapehoking,” performative lecture at Pennsbury Manor (William Penn’s reconstructed estate on the Delaware River in Bucks County).
As an artist and member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized Lenape tribe, Young reimagined Pennsbury Manor as a site for both reflecting on our nation’s past and envisioning new futures that honor Indigenous perspectives. In this self-guided, outdoor sound walk, Young’s work will take participants on a journey through Pennsbury Manor’s riverfront grounds with original music compositions, personal narrative, and environmental recordings.
Pictured Above: Nathan Young and vocal artist recording for the Nkwiluntàmën Installation event at Pennsbury Manor
. Photo Credit: Contributed.
Attendees were welcomed to explore Young’s innovative immersive sound installation, nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum), on the Pennsbury grounds before his presentation.
At the program, Young will performed an adaptation of his work “Welcome to Lenapehoking” and discussed his experience creating nkwiluntàmën, inviting audience questions.
Pictured Above: The installation program by Young. Photo Credit: Contributed.
nkwiluntàmën at Pennsbury Manor will be closing on June 27, 2025.
Phonetic pronunciation of nkwiluntàmën: KWEE-LU-NOM-IN
Major support for “nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum),” has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from Pennsbury Manor.
Pictured Above: A patron at Pennsbury, observing the nkwiluntàmën interactive exhibit. Photo Credit: Contributed..
About Pennsbury Manor Pennsbury Manor is the 43 acre reconstructed estate of William Penn in Pennsylvania. Penn purchased the land for his home from Pennsylvania first people, the Lenape. Today the site is operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the assistance of the 501(c)(3) Pennsbury Society.
Pictured Above: The Tribe of Indians flag for the Lenape. Photo Credit: Contributed.
About Nathan Young Nathan Young (born 1975, Tahlequah, Oklahoma) is a multidisciplinary artist, scholar and curator working in an expanded practice that traverses artistic fields which include but are not limited to installation, sound, text, textiles, video, documentary, socially engaged art and experimental music. Nathan is a founding member of the artist collective Postcommodity (2006-2015) and holds an MFA in Music / Sound from Bard College’s Milton-Avery School of the Arts. Young is currently pursuing a PhD. in the University of Oklahoma’s innovative Native American Art History Doctoral program where his scholarship is focused on Indigenous Sonic Agency. His work has been supported by Creative Capital, The Tulsa Artist Fellowship, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, The Pew Foundation and the Carnegie Mellon Foundation among others including Tribeca Film Institute and the Sundance Institute.
