Join us on Friday, October 16 at Bryant Lake Bowl Theater for the Minneapolis premiere of Karthik Pandian’s Surrendur, an 86 minute cinematic version of his 2025 solo exhibition at Midway Contemporary Art featuring sequences recorded during his 2022 off-site project In the River.
Surrendur transmits the stories of Mike Forcia (Bad River Anishinaabe), the American Indian Movement activist who orchestrated the toppling of a monument to Christopher Columbus, and Ta Pe’juta Wičháȟpi Win (Hunkpati Dakota Oyate), whose political consciousness was awoken when she danced around the fallen statue with her daughter. The George Floyd Uprising, Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy, and the Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride are interwoven through artist Karthik Pandian’s unique style of editing nonsynchronous 16mm film and sound.
Oscillating between intimate conversation and kinetic montage, Surrendur traces the riverine network of migration and homecoming, chance encounter and carefully cultivated collaboration that drew Pandian into deep relation with Forcia, Win, and other luminous activists and artists from Minneapolis, the heart of revolt at the center of Turtle Island.
All proceeds from this event, including signed movie posters and additional merch, will directly support Mike Forcia who was admitted to the hospital in July with a severe blood infection. While resolving the infection, doctors discovered an aortic aneurysm which needs to be repaired as soon as possible. Mike is currently without health insurance and his medical bills are mounting.