PRESS: TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image and Da Vinci Art Alliance are proud to present partnering exhibitions, Of Black Wombhood (OBW), a narrative portraits project led by emerging independent curator/cultural producer, Tanya Latortue. Featuring auditory and visual renderings of 10 personal narratives, OBW explores the interiority of Black womb-bearing people through stories about culture, health, sexuality, identity, and the politicization of the Black body from the past to the present. The powerful stories from 10 individuals are divided into two distinct yet connected exhibitions with the storytellers being featured at TILT and DVAA.

Visual artist Kara Mshinda renders each story into a portrait of its narrator through her distinctive fusion of photography and collage. Sound artist JL Simonson blends interview excerpts with ambient sound and audible frequency to adapt the narratives into an experimental soundscape. The immersive, multimedia and co-institutional project includes public events focused on the project’s intersecting themes (culture, health, sexuality, identity and the politicization of the Black body) to celebrate its narrators and creative community.

A copy of the formal press release may be accessed here.