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Black Earth Study Club: Speculative Diagramming Workshop With Kameelah Janan Rasheed

SI is pleased to present a workshop led by artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed. This workshop is part of the Black Earth Study Club, a series of transdisciplinary programs informed by Nolan Oswald Dennis’s exhibition, overturns, which weaves together artistic, scientific, and philosophical approaches to explore the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonization.

Proceeding from the previous program, which deals with themes of alternative pedagogy and knowledge production, Rasheed’s workshop explores the politics and poetics of knowledge management systems, departing from what Dennis identifies as the “paradoxical impulse” to simplify. The afternoon will begin with a performance-lecture that draws on various sources, from the writings of Octavia Butler, Édouard Glissant, Katherine McKittrick, and Aimé Césaire, to concepts from quantum mechanics and astrophysics, and the artist’s personal experiences. This will be followed by a collaborative session on speculative diagramming: participants will hand-code hypertextual relationships and collectively work together to build a physical and embodied diagram.

Please RSVP to [email protected].











When: Sat., Mar. 15, 2025 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Swiss Institute
38 St. Marks Pl.
212-925-2035
Price: Free
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SI is pleased to present a workshop led by artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed. This workshop is part of the Black Earth Study Club, a series of transdisciplinary programs informed by Nolan Oswald Dennis’s exhibition, overturns, which weaves together artistic, scientific, and philosophical approaches to explore the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonization.

Proceeding from the previous program, which deals with themes of alternative pedagogy and knowledge production, Rasheed’s workshop explores the politics and poetics of knowledge management systems, departing from what Dennis identifies as the “paradoxical impulse” to simplify. The afternoon will begin with a performance-lecture that draws on various sources, from the writings of Octavia Butler, Édouard Glissant, Katherine McKittrick, and Aimé Césaire, to concepts from quantum mechanics and astrophysics, and the artist’s personal experiences. This will be followed by a collaborative session on speculative diagramming: participants will hand-code hypertextual relationships and collectively work together to build a physical and embodied diagram.

Please RSVP to [email protected].

Buy tickets/get more info now