Join Sherese Francis and LLHM to research Black thinkers, writers, and artists, and respond through poetry or performance.
Participants may choose to join any one or more of the virtual sessions.
As part of Sherese Francis’ poetic project, KwaNTum, ReVer(b)sions Lab is an invitation for participants to be part of her(e) research process over the course of seven lab sessions and an open performance/collection. KwaNTum is a poetic project exploring concepts of knowledge and knowledge-making through Afro-diasporic-centered research, looking at various Black and Afro-diasporic thinkers, writers, poets, and artists as well as themes from STEM. Sherese will present research-findings and works in process and invite participants to create their own response pieces. Each lab session will include a bibliography of associated texts and other material. The project will result in a multidisciplinary collection of poems, text art pieces and performances and was made possible partially through funds from NYSCA Literary grant.
Filaments: Dark Universal Connectivity
What is knowing? What is seeing? Reflecting on Lewis Latimer’s invention of the carbon filament, the word filament comes from the root “Gwhi,” which means a thread or to string together. We will begin this lab series looking at the practice of making connections to conceptualize and reflect on what KwaNTum can be as a creative ground to develop ideas.
Instructor: Sherese Francis