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ReVer(b)sions Lab Series: Polysensic Semantics

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.

Polysensic Semantics

Language can be considered a form of synesthesia. How does language become a multidimensional container for the interweaving of all senses? What is the meaning of knowledge when it is applied and experienced within a body? We will use somatic work to explore the shapeshifting of language to show how meaning changes in each person’s body.

Instructor: Sherese Francis

Audience:

  • Adults

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