Against Collective Power Through Brutal Aesthetics Lecture

Join visual culture scholar Nataleah Hunter-Young for the third part of the Radiant Power program.

In this lecture, and following workshop the week after, Hunter-Young troubles notions of “collective power” that require or demand the circulation of anti-Black brutality and, instead, looks to the work of artist-theorists who refuse these rules of engagement in favour of other discursive modes, including those that reveal what she calls the “brutal aesthetic” of our social order.

During the lecture, Hunter-Young will consider the work of Anique Jordan, Torkwase Dyson, Oluseye, Brett Story and other artists working through themes of anti-Black state violence.

For more information and to consult Hunter-Young’s references, visit the gallery's website.