Indexical presents: Moor Mother—a Philadelphia artist praised as part of “a new generation of visionary black storytellers” (NYTimes)—premieres a new video followed by a discussion of Black Quantum Futurism theory and practice with her collaborator Rasheedah Phillips.
The third event in the Visualizing Abolition series brings together visual and cultural theorists Nicole Fleetwood, Herman Gray and Nicholas Mirzoeff to consider the roles of visual culture in normalizing mass incarceration and the racist brutalities of policing within the social landscape and political vision of America.
The Sesnon Gallery Speak Up Series aims to provide a safe space for students and the UCSC community to engage with ideas generated from the exhibition Barring Freedom and beyond. The Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz encourages interdisciplinary discourse through the lens of the arts.
From the image campaigns of anti-slavery movements to the visuals emerging around the current uprisings against policing and prisons in the United States, the wide-ranging conversation will delve into the history and present relationships between art, aesthetics, and abolition.
