TAC Brainstorm Session 3 4/13 by Parissah Lin https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm Drop links or descriptions, images, videos to examples of programs and initiatives you have found inspiring. There are no bounds! Exhibitions, conferences, summits, books, talks, digital experiences. Under each we will write comments as to what we liked for each experience. en-us 2022-04-13 18:32:59 UTC 2025-12-23 21:35:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e0.png https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142891554 2022-04-13 19:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142891554 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142891732 2022-04-13 19:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142891732 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142892345 Really interested in the idea of how we could provide interactive experiences -- just thinking what could a TAC escape room look like? What's the puzzle that we want to solve, what riddles/ scenarios could we draw from African experiecnes]]> 2022-04-13 19:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142892345 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142892914 Really engaging multi disciplinary exhibition that included artists, activists and writers specifically in the orientation of "middle east" as a geopolitical identity

]]> 2022-04-13 19:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142892914 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142893631 2022-04-13 19:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142893631 https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/mixpantli-space-time-and-indigenous-origins-mexico plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142894613 Really fascinating and beautiful way of engaging with contemporary voices around the 500 year anniversary of the fall of the aztec empire. Bringing in indiginous and contemporary political issues around both art and artifact objects. Rooted in LA county as well]]> 2022-04-13 19:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142894613 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142894785 Community based exhibition, really engaging from the moment you walked in the room and there were interactive questions where you could write your reactions. Live performance as well. ]]> 2022-04-13 19:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142894785 https://aperture.org/books/as-we-rise-photography-from-the-black-atlantic/ https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142895317 2022-04-13 19:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142895317 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142895646 2022-04-13 19:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142895646 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142896808 Fascinating project by Iranian American artist on the concept of Djinns, brings in speculative practice, archival texts, linguistic justice, queer theory, and educational aspects

]]> 2022-04-13 19:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142896808 Greater New York 2021 exhibition at MoMA PS1 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897062 Exhibition surveying artists working in NYC and considering themes of belonging and estrangement. Some amazing works by artists of African descent were included. The work pictured is by Ahmed Morsi, b. 1930 in Egypt, moved to NYC in 1977. ]]> 2022-04-13 19:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897062 Storytelling workshop studio in Denver Art Museum -- both a venue for an artist to perform but then followed by tools and space to make your own story. https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897112 2022-04-13 19:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897112 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897772 Really enjoying this TV show -- but made me think a lot about why we don't see anything about African spies -- Africa is always acted upon by external intelligence agencies -- there is this one exciting story of how ghanian intelligence outwitted the CIA during the rule of Pres. Jerry Rawlings -- are there more stories like this? ]]> 2022-04-13 19:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142897772 NYAFF: The Revolution Won’t Be Televised https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898025 Discussion of movements by young people in Africa, focused on Y'en a Marre ]]> 2022-04-13 19:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898025 Before the Vows film viewing at Maysels + talk with the Director https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898208 100+ people, small, good discourse on marriage and relationship ]]> 2022-04-13 19:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898208 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898709 2022-04-13 19:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142898709 Racial Justice talk with Darren Walker + Sherrilyn Ifill https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142899099 2022-04-13 19:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142899099 mbonadie https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142899332 Really interesting mixed-media work + conversation with the artist]]> 2022-04-13 19:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142899332 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900353 Fascinating exhibition about anti colonial poetry collective. Looped in Taiwanese diaspora, people who studied in europe, archives, language, political history]]> 2022-04-13 19:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900353 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900612 2022-04-13 19:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900612 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900790 I know I know -- animals africa ugh -- but what if we were able to reframe this towards exhibits that show how local populations have always been in relation to the wildlife around, explore that deeply as well as the colonial hx. Part of this is there is SOOOO much money flowing towards conservation... we could think about phot exhibits, podcasts, etc. When i was at ventures we did a whole article on drone policing against poachers but looking also at the complexity of who gets criminalized for harming wildlife and why... ]]> 2022-04-13 19:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900790 Malinche--reexamination of an indigenous woman who helped Cortes in his conquest of Mexico and was regarded as a traitor but now rethought as herself an oppressed person. AT then end, one had the chance to express your own view https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900816 2022-04-13 19:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900816 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900855 2022-04-13 19:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900855 African megacities/climate change https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900916 Personally very interested in cities in africa and the process of rapid urbanization - could be a cool way to introduce people to some of the many large urban areas on the continent they haven't heard of, and for city planners, governors, mayors, etc. to talk about how they're having to adapt infrastructure & development to climate change. Part showcase of resilience, call to action on climate, but also chance to learn about interesting places: Luanda, Addis, Mombasa, etc. ]]> 2022-04-13 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142900916 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-burial-of-kojo-reviewed-a-boldly-lyrical-portrait-of-a-young-ghanaian-girl mbonadie https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142901009 2022-04-13 19:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142901009 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142901212 2022-04-13 19:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142901212 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142902397 2022-04-13 19:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142902397 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142906353 2022-04-13 19:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142906353 plin17 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142908028 2022-04-13 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142908028 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142915654 2022-04-13 19:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142915654 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142918964 2022-04-13 19:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142918964 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142919312 2022-04-13 19:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142919312 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142927310 2022-04-13 19:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2142927310 Africa climate week @ TAC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2150913984 UNFCCC organizes Africa Week every year; in addition to the main events that they put together, they also publish a calendar of side/affiliated events usually hosted by the world bank, undp, etc. about climate solutions in africa. They deal mostly with public sector interventions and changes that can be made at the government-level, so what if TAC hosted an event focused on climate resilience/innovation at the community level. both in-person and virtual, we organize a panel of people or NGOs that have worked to reduce the impacts of climate change on their communities using small-scale innovations.]]> 2022-04-20 19:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2150913984 https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2150963235 2022-04-20 20:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/plin17/Brainstorm/wish/2150963235