Dear readers,
I am currently working on my new essay, a journey into black visual culture and as we experience it screened in London, Berlin, and New York. Here are some departure hints:
“I see black people’s lives in epic, mythic terms, and in a simpler level, I want you to look up at these things that are happening to black people, not down – the way you would stare at the sun.” Arthur Jafa interviewed by Jace Clayton, “As Brilliant as the Sun” (2018) published in Frieze no193, p160-164.
“I tried to make something that speaks about what it is happening now […] The experience of the carnival will never die because is part of the people as is integrity expressing what people want.” Gaika in conversation with Ash Sarkar (15th August 2018) at Somerset House Studios available at https://player.fm/series/somerset-house-studios/ep-3-gaika-in-conversation-with-ash-sarkar
Stay tuned!