There are many things I read, reference, look at, listen to as part of my practice.
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Here are a few:
Books:
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-Emergent Strategy, by Adrienne Maree Brown
-Education for Socially Engaged Art, by Pablo Helguera
-Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paolo Friere
-The Butterfly's Burden / In the Presence of Absence /Memories of Forgetfulness, by Mahmoud Darwish
-What We Made, by Tom Finkelpearle
--The Good Body, by Eve Ensler
-Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
-Their Eyes Were Watching God / Of Mules and Men, by More Neale Hurston
-The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan
-Nikki Giovanni (everything)
-The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (also, everything)
-Bluets, Maggie Nelson
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Plays:
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-The Brother/Sister Plays, by Tarell Alvin McCraney
-God's Ear, by Jenny Schwartz
-Fires in the Mirror, by Anna Deavere Smith (and everything)
-Amiri Baraka
-Alice Childress
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Songs:
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-There are so many, I'm still thinking. But, a few that have recently helped me.
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-These days, by Nico
-She, by Laura Mvula (and the whole album)
-Holy, by Jamila Woods
-Blessings, by Chance the Rapper
-Here You Come Again, Dolly Parton
-Moon, If Ever, The Dirty Projectors
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Projects/Artists:
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-The Nicholson Project
-Sonya Clark
-Dred Scott
-https://lordyrodriguez.com/home.html
-Miguel Luciano
-Brett Cook
-https://www.the-propeller-group.com/thelivingneedlight
http://www.bronxmuseum.org/index.php/exhibitions/smartpower
-https://www.peoplespotteryproject.com
-Angel Lartigue
-Jason de Leon
- https://marymattingly.com/Default.html
-http://www.margaretboozer.com/
-https://urbansoils.org/art-extension-service-1
-http://www.acha-kutscher.com/mujerestrabajando/indignadas/indignadasglobal1.html
-https://tomsachs.org/exhibition/space-program-mars
-Mary Oxman
-https://christojeanneclaude.net/artworks/realized-projects/
-https://placenotes.net/about/
-https://www.brettwilliamsstudio.com/#/taz/
-https://www.amyhughesbraden.com/
-https://www.aramhansifuentes.com/
-https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/10/stony-island-arts-bank/
-https://thelabprojects.dc.gov/formapalooza
-https://artisansaffinityalliance.com
-https://411collective.com/projects/
-https://experimentalstation.org
-http://infiniteability.yolasite.com
-Candy chang: http://candychang.com
-The laundromat project