Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In the spirit of the exhibition title—SIGHTLINES on Peace, Power, and Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa—Bard Graduate Center (BGC) has invited writer and critic Jessica Lynne, novelist Maaza Mengiste, composer JJJJJerome Ellis, and choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili to create their own sightlines—ways of seeing the exhibited artworks through time, form, and space. This evening, Jessica Lynne reflected on the spiritual potencies of water, black memory, and cultural retention, and home as a site of care and intimacy. A selection of film clips, songs, and interviews were used as a response to and in conversation with her selected sightline.
To request access to the full archival video for research purposes please email archives@bgc.bard.edu.
In the spirit of the exhibition title—SIGHTLINES on Peace, Power, and Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa—Bard Graduate Center (BGC) has invited writer and critic Jessica Lynne, novelist Maaza Mengiste, composer JJJJJerome Ellis, and choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili to create their own sightlines—ways of seeing the exhibited artworks through time, form, and space. This evening, Jessica Lynne reflected on the spiritual potencies of water, black memory, and cultural retention, and home as a site of care and intimacy. A selection of film clips, songs, and interviews were used as a response to and in conversation with her selected sightline.
To request access to the full archival video for research purposes please email archives@bgc.bard.edu.
