an undisciplined project

we grapple with the double-bind of the archive—including public (colonial) records, private collections and oral repositories—its sheer terror and possibility, the grave potential for ethical indeterminacy, the inextricable co-mingling of violence and the soft ripples of care.

without taking the archive, or history, by definition or relevance, for granted, we pose another problem: “where might we find the littoral in all of this?”

the following is a gathering of images, clips, audio, fragments, etc., that engage with the littoral zones of the black atlantic, whether on the west african coast or the diaspora.

if you come across any material that might be of interest, or if you would like for us to take down any of these, please feel free to contact us here!