Alanna Lockward (1961 -2019)
Alanna Lockward at Bebop Berlin 2016 © Miguel Gomez
Lockward was a leading figure in the arts for her pioneering work in the fields of critical race theory, decolonial aesthetics/aesthesis, Black feminism, and womanist ethics. She foundedArt Labour Archives, a platform for theory and political activism, in 1996. Based in Berlin and the Dominican Republic, Lockward conceptualized and curatedBE.BOP. Black Europe Body Politics (2012–2016) in Berlin, a trans-disciplinary meeting that brought together many art practitioners from the African Diaspora. Alanna Lockward also made a mark as an editor, as a professor of audiovisual theory and investigative journalism at PUCMM, and as director of international affairs at Museo de Arte Moderno (Santo Domingo).
Chavis Mármol: Thinking Manually in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Archivo Honduras Cuir: The Art of Trans Life and Friendship in Central America
Iahra: Addressing Marine Ecology Through Industrial Materialities
The Convergence of African and Indian Lives in Kelly Sinnapah Mary’s Paintings
Transforming Memories of State Violence through Poetic Justice
