EHCN's logo which has an abstracted 'E' with a grey 'H' inside of it. Alongside this, is the text Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network.
EHCN's logo which has an abstracted 'E' with a grey 'H' inside of it. Alongside this, is the text Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network.

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Blacktivations: Black Imagination at Bard (Day 2)

Student-led
May 5, 2022 - May 5, 2022

On campus at Bard College Annandale, USA

Exhibition of work curated and created by Bard students Kimbrielle Boult, Sahar Carter, Dana Debro, Emma Deutsch, Valentina Flores, Rasheeda Graham, Diana McCready, Sydney Oshuna, Lowell Thomas, and Immanuel Williams in collaboration with artist Natasha Marin.

May 4th-9th at Campus Center Gallery:

Photography by Lowell Thomas and Rasheeda Graham

Blacktivations Catalogue by Emma Deutsch

May 5th at New Annandale House:

Closing Ritual 6-8pm

Installation by Dana Debro and Sydney Oshuna

Interactive Performance by Diana McCready, Valentina Flores, Sahar Carter, and Immanuel Williams

Blacktivations Poster. Image is a glittering body - painted black and speckled in white paint, bound in bright white strings.
Poster by Natasha Marin. Photograph by Lowell Thomas.
Two Black Imagination student artists with a whiteboard that reads: Experimental Humanities Presents: Blacktivations May 4th- May 5th 6pm-8pm.
Photo by Jonathan Asiedu ’24 @def_theambition Pictured: Sydney Oshuna and Dana Debro
A person looks at a wall at two poster-sized prints: self-portraits of artist Rasheeda Graham in front of a tree trunk, and peering through twisting branches.
Photo by Jonathan Asiedu ’24 @def_theambition An exhibition attendee looking at photos from Rasheeda Graham’s series, I Can Be: The Exploration of Blackness
Two professors holding prints from the animation installation Ebia: two men hugging and a person with the words “Fight” and “Love” separated by a knife.
Tex reads: EBIA, by Dana Debro and Sydney Oshuna. An animated character, Black with blue hair in a coral-colored, patterned robe, leans on the text “Ebia” holding sunglasses to their eyes.
Promotional image from EBIA by Dana Debro and Sydney Oshuna.
A Black space scene: one character jumps rope on a planet’s ring, while another floats in mid-air, eyes closed and trancelike.
Animation from EBIA by Dana Debro and Sydney Oshuna.
Two boys in swim trunks laugh while two snakes braid a girl’s hair: she wears a pink toga and sits under a tree.
Animation from EBIA by Dana Debro and Sydney Oshuna.
Black Imagination at Bard Catalogue: Images, artist statements, and bios available here.