Genealogies of Sustenance Review: ie. Reading Time and Space

<p>A chilly January night. The third floor bistro radiates warmth with a tinge of excitement for tonights event. A baby in the crowd cries, part of the gathering around an artists panel, its participants exploring the nuances of time, space, and making clay art. The atmosphere is suffused with relaxing strains of jazz, enveloping a verdant indoor jungle of plants and polished wood floors. The gathering of forty turns their attention towards the panel.</p> <p>Snow gently falls as the crowd hushes. Cheidza Paspinayoda recounts toiling for the hours necessary to breath life into each clay baobab, mango, and sugar cane. And the rewards of self-knowledge. Mallory Lowe Mpoka exchanges memories of recieving the Matriarch and the responsabilities is to lead with grace and wisdom. Zainab Aliyu fliters around several different topics: their upbringing creating origami and braiding hair with her grandmother, being a Brooklyn artist, the impact of internet culture.</p> <p><a href="https://alexrozzi.medium.com/alexander-taurozzi-genealogies-of-sustenance-review-2023-gardiner-museum-toronto-32142e6f8d7e"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>