to imagine a form of life

To Imagine a Form of Life is a four-part virtual class exploring memory work and lesbian poetics. The program is organized by DC-based curator
and writer Fabiola Ching alongside her collaborators from Hermetic State (https://hermeticstate.com/), a literary hub for black lesbians.
Through hands-on workshops and language exercises, they pose questions about the ways we learn about survival and bodily excavation;
whose movements of love did our bodies learn to mimic.

The class includes original writing and workshops by Oreoluwa Akinyode, Mayah Lovell, Fabiola Ching, and Adaeze Okere and is inspired by Afronowism theory, black lesbian esoterics, and the work of June Jordan. A zine relating to the exhibition has also been created. Graphic illustrations are by Saizami Tripathi.