Field notes from Paul Emmanuel’s week between the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. and the final Talking With Monuments session at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, moving through artwork, veteran testimony, Native American mounds, public memory, and the difficulty of speaking across histories.

Installation-stage documentation of Paul Emmanuel’s Untethered/Retethered at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, including video clips and still images recorded during installation in 2025.