Matthew Schum, Ph.D, is an independent writer and curator based in Los Angeles, who worked with Wakefield on Elevation –86 Death Valley, a site-specific exhibition based on the 1964 Wilderness Act. In 2015 Schum initiated a series of exhibitions entitled the MYSYSYPYN – each iteration is a look at the colonial interior of the U.S., guided by intersecting histories along the Mississippi River. Past MYSYSYPYN exhibitions have included artists Damien Davis, Duane Linklater, Nyeema Morgan, Kelly Sena, and Aaron Spangler, among others. Schum was editor for Mark Boulos’ first artist monograph (Hatje Cantz, 2017) and served as Curator at LA>