Afro-Asian Poetics, Music, and Solidarity: Index Release and Pantry Opening

Palah Light Lab is happy to celebrate the release of the Afro-Asian Poetic Index and the openings of the Afro-Asian Poetic Pantry and Presence at the MoCADA Abolition House.

The Afro-Asian Poetic Index is a public resource edited by Dennica Pearl Worrell, Margaret Rhee, Kate McDonough, and Johann Yamin. It includes over 60 initial entries of links, websites, and biographies gathering artists, activists, scholars, books, collections, and movements recognizing Afro-Asia as an artistic, social, and political act of resistance. The Afro-Asian Index includes a special foreword by Amy Andrieux, executive director of MoCADA and Lisa Gold, executive director of A4.

Presence by Malaika Temba & Sunnie Liu is a dynamic two-channel video installation reflecting the anonymous responses of Harlem and Chinatown communities against the proposed new jails, fostering interwoven struggles, liberation, and abolitionist reimaginings.

Presence by Malaika Temba & Sunnie Liu and the Afro-Asian Index and Afro-Asian Poetic Pantry of Solidarities by Margaret Rhee are projects from The Bandung Residency 2023 by The Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and the Asian American Arts Alliance (A4).

The celebration will feature poetry, sharings, and musical performances from contributors to the Afro-Asian Index, Poetic Pantry, and Presence:

Kate McDonough
Johann Yamin
Maya Marshall
Margaret Rhee
Artist talk for Presence by Malaika Temba & Sunnie Liu

Featured Performers:

Rohan Zhou-Lee
Dennica Pearl Worrell

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A special writing workshop will be held in the installation space from 1- 1:30 pm earlier that day featuring live music from Dennica Worrell and facilitation by Johann Yamin, Kate McDonough, and Margaret Rhee.

Organized by The Palah Light Lab, The New School

For more information: https://palahlightlab.org

https://palahlightlab.org/Afro-Asian-Poetics-Music-and-Solidarity

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