Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Aperture, New York, 2022
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Hardcover. The first monograph by sculptor, filmmaker, and photographer Shikeith, Notes towards Becoming a Spill brings together a series of striking studio portraits of Black male subjects as they inhabit various states of meditation, prayer, and ecstasy.Shikeith describes the work as 'leaning into the uncanny,' visualising ritual and the process of excavating Black mens erotic potential, the better to exorcise the intangible presences that haunt their bodies and psyches. The mens faces and bodies glisten with sweat (and tears)the manifestation and evidence of desire. This ecstasy is what critic Antwaun Sargent proclaims as 'an ideal, a warm depiction that insists on concrete possibility for another world.' In this revelatory volume, Shikeith redefines the idea of sacred space and positions a Queer ethic identified by its investment in vulnerability, tenderness, and joy.Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous contribution of 7G Foundation. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill (Hardcover)
- Author
- Shikeith
- Publisher
- Aperture, New York
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1597115231
- ISBN 13
- 9781597115230
Shikeith describes the work as “leaning into the uncanny,” visualizing ritual and the process of excavating Black men’s erotic potential, the better to exorcise the “intangible presences that haunt their bodies and psyches.” The men’s faces and bodies glisten with sweat (and tears)—the manifestation and evidence of desire. This ecstasy is what critic Antwaun Sargent proclaims as “an ideal, a warm depiction that insists on concrete possibility for another world.” In this revelatory volume, Shikeith redefines the idea of sacred space and positions a Queer ethic identified by its investment in vulnerability, tenderness, and joy.
Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous contribution of 7G Foundation.
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About the Author
Ashon T. Crawley is the author of The Lonely Letters (2020) and Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility (2016). He is associate professor of Religious studies and African American and African studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
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