Natasha Marin

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Natasha Marin is a Seattle-based conceptual artist, published poet,[1] and activist with roots in Trinidad and Canada, whose work focuses on people, community, and healing.[2] [3] [4] She is best known for her project Reparations (website), which received national attention in 2016,[5] and for her conceptual art project and book called BLACK IMAGINATION, published by McSweeney's.[6][7] Marin is lead consultant for NONWHITEWORKS, and was listed as one of 30 women who "Run This City" by Seattle Metropolitan magazine in 2018.[8] Marin is a co-founder of the Seattle People of Color Salon (SPoCS).

Black Imagination[]

Black Imagination is Marin's conceptual art project and book of the same name. The project began with an art exhibit in January 2018 called “Black Imagination: The States of Matter,” at CORE Gallery in Seattle. That exhibition was followed by two more exhibitions under the Black Imagination moniker: “The (g)Listening,” and “Ritual Objects.” Each of the three audio-based, conceptual art exhibitions in and around Seattle were designed to amplify, center, and hold sacred a diverse sample of Black voices.[3] The project continued in the form of a book of poetry, reflections, and stories curated by Marin called “BLACK IMAGINATION: Black Voices on Black Futures.” The book was launched at Hugo House in Seattle in January 2020,[9] and published by McSweeney's in February 2020.[10] The book received national attention, with The Paris Review stating, “The thirty-six voices in the book are resonant on their own and deeply powerful when woven together by Marin.”[7] The book was also reviewed in the Los Angeles Review[10] and was recommended by Jason Reynolds on PBS NewsHour.[11] Interviews with Marin about the book were featured on KUOW-FM “Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures,”[12] and on KEXP-FM, “Sound & Vision: Natasha Marin on Black Imaginations,”[2] complete with a playlist of origin stories from the book.

References[]

  1. ^ Marin, Natasha (2009). "Adolescence, or Through the Fire". Feminist Studies. 35 (3): 523–523. ISSN 0046-3663.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Fox, Emily (August 30, 2020). "Sound & Vision: Natasha Marin on Black Imaginations". KEXP. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Beason, Tyrone (August 20, 2018). "Joy, peace feed black revolution in artist Natasha Marin's new West Seattle exhibit". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Imperial, Aileen (August 23, 2018). "Artist Natasha Marin flips the script with Black Joy". Crosscut. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Ng, David (August 4, 2016). "Artist launches Reparations website and 'social experiment' on white privilege". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Harrison, Mia (April 24, 2020). "Black Imagination: A tool to decolonize one's mind". Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Three Possible Worlds". The Paris Review. June 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "30 More Women Who Run This City". Seattle Met. January 31, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Book Launch: Black Imagination by Natasha Marin". Hugo House. January 24, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Spencer, Rochelle. "Review: BLACK IMAGINATION Curated by Natasha Marin". The Los Angeles Review.
  11. ^ Brown, Jeffrey (June 24, 2020). "Summer reading lists for young people at a time of crisis". PBS News Hour. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. ^ O'Brien, John (February 18, 2020). "Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures". KUOW. Retrieved November 21, 2020.

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