# Torkwase Dyson

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A brush with... Torkwase Dyson

Torkwase Dyson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Dyson, who was born in Chicago in 1973, uses abstraction as a means of exploring what she describes as “the ...

Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir

Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIV’s fifty-nine “Black codes,” the rules of conduct in France and its colonies regarding slaves and slavery. And each of these codes, each of t ...

E93. Imagining Diasporic Retrofutures with Olalekan Jeyifous

Welcome to the Institute of Black Imagination podcast, beaming in conversations from the galaxy of Black genius. I am your host, Dario. Today, we're excited to introduce Olalekan Jeyifous, an innovative artist and architect whose world-building practice reimaginations the relationship between co ...

053. Who Are You Outside of White Supremacy Culture?

Who are we outside of white supremacy culture? Perhaps the simple answer is healers, holders, stewards. Perhaps the simple answer is the people that refuse, repair and restore. And perhaps we don’t have to go anywhere to learn these skills, perhaps the best teachers and stories are already embed ...

Torkwase Dyson: Errantry, 2024 / Art Basel 2024 Unlimited

Torkwase Dyson: Errantry, 2024 / Gray, Pace Gallery at Art Basel 2024 Unlimited. Basel (Switzerland), June 13, 2024. Official description: Torkwase Dyson’s monumental sculpture Errantry deploys geometric forms to create an interactive, architectural space. Dyson references histories of enslave ...

A Sense of Permanence: An Architectural Walking Tour with Richard Gluckman NA

On April 20th, 2024, the newly inducted National Academician, architect Richard Gluckman NA, led a group on a walking tour through several of his building projects in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. This tour, titled Sense of Permanence, accompanied the National Academy’s exhibition Sites of I ...

"After Okwui Enwezor": Ebony L. Haynes, T. Lax, K.O. Nnamdie

This conversation between curators Ebony L. Haynes, Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, and K.O. Nnamdie was initiated alongside an essay series in e-flux journal titled "After Okwui Enwezor," edited by Serubiri Moses. The episode begins with three short audio excerpts from [1] On the Politics of Disaggrega ...

A brush with... Suzanne Jackson

Suzanne Jackson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Jackson, who was born in 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in San Francisco and Fairbanks, Alaska, has worked acr ...

A brush with... Dawoud Bey

Dawoud Bey talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Bey, who was born in 1953 in New York, makes photographs and film installations that address the experience of Black people ...