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I’m pleased to invite you to the closing reception and artist talk for <i>Water Ways: Indigenous Ecologies and Florida Heritage</i> on
<b>Thursday, February 26</b>, at the <b>FSU Museum of Fine Arts</b>.</div>
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The <b>reception begins at 5:00 pm</b>, followed by an <b>artist talk and performance at 6:00 pm</b> by
<b>Samboleap Tol</b>, whose work has been a central presence in the exhibition.</div>
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<b>Samboleap Tol</b> is a Khmer artist working with kinetic sound sculpture. Her practice engages the postcolonial diasporic psyche, examining how political disruption and displacement shape generational understandings of love, faith, and dignity.</div>
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Her talk and performance, titled <b>The Tortoise as a Passage: Crossing Rivers</b>, reflects on
<i>The Cosmic Tortoise</i>, an animated teakwood sculpture created in response to the sudden passing of her father during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on Cambodian artistic traditions, Buddhist ritual, and Southeast Asian manuscript cultures, the work serves
as a vessel for grief, memory, and transition. With the press of a button, the sculpture opens to reveal a handwritten manuscript accompanied by an early-twentieth-century Khmer funerary song intended to guide the dead between realms. Music, movement, and
mythology place the work at the threshold between this world and the afterlife.</div>
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During the talk, Tol will discuss the development of the artwork and offer reflections for artists engaging their cultural heritage. The presentation concludes with a gratitude dance honoring the artisans and culture bearers who contributed to the work during
its development in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.</div>
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I hope you’ll join us for this closing event and please share the invitation with your students!</div>
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