The Studio Museum in Harlem presents "Exploring the Future of Autonomy on the Internet" in support of Qualeasha Wood’s work in the exhibition It’s time for me to go: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2021–22. Wood will be in conversation with artists Neema Githere and RaFia Santana, with Studio Museum Public Programs Coordinator Malanya Graham moderating. Topics explored will include creating safer virtual spaces, image making within the diaspora, and developing connections between physical and coded material. The conversation will begin with presentations by each artist, followed by an audience Q&A and concluding with a screenshared video game.
Qualeasha Wood’s textile-based works explore the duality of being both celebrated and reviled by recognizing and amplifying the gaze cast upon her. She navigates both an internet environment saturated in Black femme figures and culture, and a political and economic environment that holds this embodiment at the margins.
Neema Githere’s practice centers digital diaspora, liberation, and self-documentation as worldmaking practices.
RaFia Santana’s work explores Black femme futures, acts of resistance against violence and suppression, and visual and sonic explorations of stereotypes.
It’s time for me to go is free and open to the public at MoMA PS1 through February 27, 2023. The conversation will be recorded and take place on the 26th of January from 1PM to 3PM.
28 January 2023
