Borealis Sabatini Sloan Aisha
An intimate study of Alaskan glaciers, memory, loneliness, and Black embodiment in wild spaces.In Borealis, Aisha Sabatini Sloan documents a solitary summer spent writing in Homer, Alaska. Memories of…
Specifikacia Borealis Sabatini Sloan Aisha
An intimate study of Alaskan glaciers, memory, loneliness, and Black embodiment in wild spaces.In Borealis, Aisha Sabatini Sloan documents a solitary summer spent writing in Homer, Alaska. Memories of past stays with then-girlfriends accompany her as she revisits local shops and walks along beaches, observing glaciers while listening to Bjork. As she wanders, she sifts through ideas about identity, boredom, and nostalgia, setting her own process in dialogue with with a host of muses, including Lorna Simpson, Jean Toomer, Fred Moten, Anne Carson, arctic explorer Matthew Henson, and her own incarcerated nephew, who sends her essays from solitary confinement. Moving freely through the landscape of her mind, she writes in vivid bursts that mirror the bright collages of her own artistic practice. The first title commissioned for the Spatial Species series,