Midori Samson explores collective trauma, self-healing, and intergenerational memory in her audio-visual project. In dialogue with the work of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, her work reflects histories of incarceration and survival. Like Mirikitani, 14 of Samson’s ancestors were incarcerated at Tule Lake Segregation Center during WWII. Midori will give a short talk followed by a performance of songs from her album that use recordings from Tule Lake and the Hiroshima bomb hypocenter. 🎼

Admission to this event and to the Spencer is free for everyone, always. Free parking is available in designated spaces on the first level of the Mississippi Street garage across from the Museum. Check in at our Welcome Desk with your license plate number for parking validation. 🚗

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

“untitled (Tule Lake),” after 2002

photographs, ink pen, leaves, collage, paper

Wing Luke Museum, Collection of Linda Hattendorf, Taos, New Mexico, EL2025.018