Present Futures: Experiments in Feminist Futurity

A contemporary art exhibition envisioning feminist solidarities across space and time, in everyday life, with an outlook towards “the future we want to see, right now, in the present.” 

Present Futures: Experiments in Feminist Futurity was a three-month-long art exhibition that I co-curated, exploring the ways in which grassroots feminist practices shape and sustain global movements for justice. In recent years, mobilizations like #MeToo, the protest chant ‘Un violador en tu camino,’ and the International Women’s March have fueled a global feminist resurgence. These moments of heightened visibility uplift pressing concerns facing women and gender-diverse individuals around the world but often overshadow ongoing grassroots work amid daunting odds. This exhibition highlighted the undercurrents of popular feminisms—the acts, rituals, and practices that support transnational feminist solidarities and networks of care.

September - December 2024 (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)

Transmitting Tresses

Inspired by the work of collaborator Cienna Davis, this piece explores how Black women’s hair practices build networks and communicate in a shared language of care. 

Technologies of Motherhood

tech·nol·o·gy (/tekˈnäləjē/): the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular are or a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge

This piece considers the technical processes, methods, and knowledges applied in motherhood. Though they are often overlooked or ignored as non-scientific, the quotidian tools and techniques used by mothers throughout various geographies and cultures are some of the most life-sustaining technologies humans have developed.

I also contributed two pieces to this exhibitions: Transmitting Tresses and Technologies of Motherhood. These pieces explore the overlooked technologies of care typically attributed to “feminine” labor, highlighting how they sustain life, build networks, and communicate shared knowledge across generations.