IMAGE COURTESY OF CHRIS HILL

In this interactive talk, Indianapolis-based artists Chris Hill and Joshua A.M. Ross are in conversation about their latest work while also encouraging a larger communal conversation around art practice and images.

Chris Hill is a photographer and educator living and working in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hill’s photo-based work addresses the way marginalized people are depicted in public spaces. From training his lens on advertising and signage in front of businesses catering to Black customers, to integrating images from art history, Hill examines the way personhood is projected and conveyed.

Joshua A.M. Ross holds an MFA in Art from the University of California, Irvine, and a BFA in Photography from Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. His work explores the interplay between drawing and photography through notions of performance, occasioning sculptural and spatial interventions.