Black Ecologies: Land, Memory, and the More-than-Human

​Black Ecologies: Land, Memory, and the More-than-Human is an exhibition in collaboration with Tanika Williams, LMCC, and, Black Interactive.

​Featuring:

• ​Ryan Webber, Bridges/Gates

• ​Gwen Goins and Devlyn Kornegay, IoBT Catalogue

• ​Sumayyah Raji, Much Ado About Yam

• ​Brian Bishop, Brews 12 v UNO: cLOUD OF WITnesses

• ​Anatola Araba, The Ecologies of Space Travel

• ​Irawo Ajasin, Reaching for the Cloud

​As part of Black Ecologies: Land, Memory, and the More-than-Human, Black Interactive also invites you to two workshops at The Arts Center on Governors Island alongside the curated exhibition featuring six Black Interactive artists. Each session offers a different way to engage with the exhibition's questions through making.

​Studio A4

​spectacle/spectacular/speculative_collaging black ecologies
12:00pm - 2:00PM

​Join Tanika I. Williams for a community-based imagining of black ecologies. Materials provided. Come as you are.

​Drop-In Workshop

​Much Ado About Yam
2:00 PM - 4:00PM

​A lecture and workshop by Sumayyah presenting ongoing research on the Igbo yam barn (Oba ji), a traditional storage structure. See architectural drawings, archival images, and a physical model, and learn how this everyday building encodes generations of knowledge about climate, food preservation, and land. Includes a hands-on component to build something to take home.

​All sessions are drop-in style and open to all skill levels. Come for one or stay for all two.

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​Only Open October 17