This week on #STPT, Danielle Holland and Damithia Nieves are joined by conceptual artist Natasha Marin. They dive into ethereal spaces taking you from Carnival in Trinidad, to the beaches of the Motherland in Tanzania, to the ocean waters off the San Juan Islands. You are invited to settle in this week. Feel the language in your mouth. Sense your body in relation. Feel safe in loving yourself, being in community and being joyful, for it is indeed, some of the most revolutionary shit we can do. Show notes at sorrytopodcastthis.com
Natasha Marin is a conceptual artist whose people-centered projects have circled the globe since 2012 and have been recognized and acknowledged by Art Forum, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, Vice, PBS and others. Her viral web-based project, Reparations, engaged a quarter of a million people worldwide in the practice of "leveraging privilege," and earned Marin, a mother of two, death threats by the dozens. Her most recent project is BLACK IMAGINATION-- a series of conceptual exhibitions, including Black Imagination: Black Voices on Black Futures (McSweeney's, 2020). The ongoing Black Imagination project has already engaged (and paid!) Black folks from all over the world-- amplifying, centering, and holding sacred Black Joy and a diverse sample of voices including LGBTQIA+ Black youth, incarcerated Black women, Black folks with disabilities, unsheltered Black folks, and Black children. The latest iteration is Sites of Power, an online exhibition that opened February 1, 2021 at www.black-imagination.com with support from over 20 local community organizations. Natasha is able to afford rent in Seattle because she also serves her community as an antiracism consultant--trust and believe, there is racism afoot!
