Making Irresistible Re-memory
Grace Sanders Johnson So now here is the question: what tools, what methodologies, if you will, do we need to develop to coax memory back into work, to mute the seduction of forgetting and make re-memory irresistible? Of course I am thinking of the late Toni Cade Bambara here and her invitation to make revolution […]
Reparer La Mer/Repairing the Sea
Image by Sidney Regis Title: Antilles Serie: Repare the sea Technic: Black ink and gold ink on old map from the 1930s Size 44×57 cm 2023 Collection of the artistThis detailed historical map titled “ANTILLES” features the Caribbean, centered on Cuba, with neighboring islands like Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, depicted in colors: green for Florida, yellow for […]
Sonic Oracles: The Feedback of Electric Ancestors Yet Unborn
Leyneuf Tines First and foremost, thank you to the coast because without the coast, how do we move from here to there?—Gboyega Odubanjo, Adam1 What comes next cannot without a story of water and offering. The sun shines and we gather because the river allows it. Na from clap dem dey enter dance.—Gboyega Odubanjo, Adam2 […]
Passport Pótoprens
Jennifer Celestin “Sometimes I walk to Church Avenue with no intentions but as soon as I hear, ‘Get manman’ou, ma che.’ I know why I came. For a moment, I was in Port-au-Prince.” – Ramonde, Flatbush resident Vreman vre Flatbush on a hot, congested day can feel like the real thing. Walk down Church Avenue […]