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Big Mama Yaga’s

Joke was, we relocated to Texas cause Katrina flooded us outta New Orleans. Then, of course, Harvey took possession over half the state, losin me my husband Vernon. One side of the Gulf to the opposite; I wonder why we thought movin would make a difference. I mean, Harvey was spozed to be a “500 … Big Mama Yaga’s

Sight & Sound ((I.) March)

The cadaver dogs downstairs are barking. As though making a sound will fix anything—any of this—I tell me, reflected in glass— Curdling a self into an imagined resuscitation of some politics is a joke not worth telling for no one to laugh at. Enter cadaver dog. Outside, the magnolias bloom their white petals pristine cups, … Sight & Sound ((I.) March)

Repossession

Fiction by Meg Elison “Mom, I can’t move home. I love you and Dad, but it would crush my spirit. I’m fighting so hard to feel like an adult. Right. Right, I know. It’s only the last little bit of my rent. I swear to you I won’t ask again. Yes. Cross my heart.” There … Repossession

All Blood and No Guts: Blood Quantum is a gory thrill-ride but lacks substance

Blood Quantum is an indigenous zombie movie set on the Mi’kmaq Red Crow Reservation in Canada. It follows rez Police Chief, Traylor, (looking like the quintessential NDN warrior, all broad shoulders and braids) and his family, Joss (Traylor’s nurse ex-wife), Joseph (Good Son and father-to-be), and Lysol (the Bad Son), as they deal with a … All Blood and No Guts: Blood Quantum is a gory thrill-ride but lacks substance

The Candyman Can

When I first heard that Jordan Peele was producing a new Candyman, I talked to a good friend about it. I remember him mentioning that he hoped Tony Todd would take up the hook again, and I told him that wouldn’t work. “The perceived transgression that created him was against white sexual purity,” I said, … The Candyman Can

Dirty South (uncut and distant)

–For Mannie Fresh where the symbols of slavery drawn down to a blocking, would you sing here what it means to be priced, put cash money on living, here in the clay by the river, better get money you can flash, yeah, built a city on the backbones, on the calcium deposit silt on the … Dirty South (uncut and distant)

Tyler Simien: This is Not a Drill

This is Not a Drill takes your classic family game night directly into the harsh realities of human destruction of our climate. At the center of each of these games is the power of big oil and the faces behind it. Using photo manipulation to make the games seem as real as possible, I place the control in your hands, as if you were making nonchalant decisions as high power oil executives that lead to the dismantling of our communities. I wanted to keep a fun and inviting appearance with these games, but a closer look at the details reveals that coastal erosion is definitely not a drill.

Chloe Coleman: Oil Induced Engine Failure: Deepwater Horizon

These gears represent the seven categories of species affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill area contains 8,332 species, including: 1,270 fish, 604 polychaetes, 218 birds, 1,456 mollusks, 1,503 crustaceans, 4 sea turtles, and 29 marine mammals. When one gear is not functioning properly, the entire machine is broken.

Emily Fornof: Dear Reader, this is not an original work of art

Through various forms of printmaking, this handmade piece copies and emulates artwork by past masters placing art history in conversation with current events. Through this process, the artist calls upon the theories of imitation, most notably the Platonic idea that art’s departure from the original is inherently immoral and deceptive. This deception transfers from the copied images to the headlines embossed in the paper. Each headline shows current examples of incongruity of the United States Government and the people they represent, in the realm of the environment and the pandemic. The reproduction of these headlines as soft impressions encompassing the entire piece identifies news stories as reproductions of the actual decisions being made, manipulated and separated from the original truth. The reproducibility of prints and the imitation of the content further designates the work as deceptive, separating each image from its original truth.