Ordinary Notes

• Friday, September 20
• 12:00 PM
• College Street Tent
• MAP
• FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Christina Sharpe’s revolutionary Ordinary Notes is already changing the way we think about criticism, art, and everyday life. This intimate conversation moderated by Nana Adusei-Poku delves into the complexities, joys, and wonders of this extraordinary book.

Nana Adusei-Poku is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. Her research interests include how cultural changes are articulated at the intersections of art, politics and popular culture, artistic productions from the Black Diaspora, Black Exhibition Histories and curatorial practice as a research tool for shaping art historical discourses. She is the curator of the exhibition Black Melancholia at the CCS Bard Galleries, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 2022, and curated a.o. the event Performances of No-thingness at the Academy of Arts Berlin in 2018.

WEATHER ALERT: In the case of a weather disruption, this event will be moved to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Mezzanine. Check our social media for updates.