Contemporary Art Galleries continues the Radical Black Art and Performance Series
2/8/2021
Artist in Conversation: Tafari Robertson
5:30pm - 7:00pm
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Tafari Robertson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia, originally from Austin, TX. He works across mediums to explore the experiences layered within Black personal and cultural spaces, questioning what are the abstract effects of space, the elements that create those experiences, and what ripples out when these spaces are created, sustained or destroyed. Currently working as an educator, he received his B.S. in public relations and minored in Art & Design at Texas State University.
Event Description: In conversation with Arien Wilkerson, Tafari will discuss the black conceptual elements that inform his audio collage and his Speculative Works series. Through audio, he examines Black Bookstores as intimate spaces that nurture, energize and re-enforce a collective black consciousness through literature and conversation. Robertson will talk in-depth about using his community based art process as a means to access legacy and permanence despite their systematic limitations in Black Communities.
For more information, contact: Luke Seward at luke.seward@uconn.edu