Ongoing
Artist Coaching
I support artists in their intellectual journeys, guiding them through theory and writing as they develop their own research praxis.
Projects
selected project & collaborations
Completed
De Toekomst Werkt Niet / The Future Doesn’t Work
De Toekomst Werkt Niet (tr. The Future Doesn’t Work) is a sonic manifesto that unravels the myths surrounding technology and labor. In a captivating audio play, I take you along on my search for a future beyond work, moving through post-work narratives and personal reflections. De Toekomst Doesn't Work is a composition by Chris “Ci” Rickets and features contributions from Andrewism, Mathieu Charles, Hilde Latour, Jill Toh, Tunde Adefioye, and Thomas van Beersum.
Completed
Toward Refusal: a Black Study Gathering
A Black Study Gathering for collective reading, listening, reflecting, and building theory on refusal as a political and personal practice. A moment to sit with theory that emerges from Black Life, Black Death, and Black Struggle. Initiated by Lukas Ziel, organized in collaboration with Black Speaks Back, Oda-Kange Midtvåge Diallo and Saffa Khalil, and hosted by Metro54, this Black Study gathering created a collective space to read, listen, reflect, and build theory on refusal.
Completed
Resting in Plain Sight
Resting in Plain Sight is a project that creates spaces for collective rest and imagination amid the accelerating accumulation of late-stage capitalist crises. Grounded in a post-work critique of the social, economic, and cultural organization of work (i.e. the work society), we initiate disruptions of work in order to "rest in plain sight" as we challenge dominant assumptions that equate capitalist productivity with value.
Completed
Zwarte Ibis / Kitchen Table Talks
For Edition IX – Bodies and Technologies ( 2022-2023) Black Speaks Back was invited by art center If I Can't Dance I Don't Want to be Part of Your Revolution to create new work.
Completed
Black Connectivity (PhD Dissertation)
My dissertation, Black Connectivity, critically examines the ways media, memory, and identity come together in the lives of Black folks in Belgium. Through a combination of theoretical inquiry and empirical research, I explored how Black media practices resist erasure and create alternative spaces for remembrance and belonging.
Completed
Kreyolization I
An exploratory inquiry into Black people's experiences within Dutch and Flemish educational systems, focusing on the often invisible yet pervasive violence of assimilation, as well as the diverse strategies of resistance of these such violence.
Completed
Kreyolization II
KREYOLIZATION II unfolds as a haunting and poetic video essay in which a young Black woman enters a large Belgian art institution, only to find herself unable to leave.
Completed
African Philosophy with dr. Sophie Bósèdé Olúwọlé
In collaboration with Ted Bwatu, Belgian Renaissance and KVS, I co-organized and moderated a talk on African Philosophy with the late dr. Sophie Bósèdé Olúwọlé.