Aperture - Shikeith: Notes Towards Becoming A Spill - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The first monograph by sculptor filmmaker and photographer Shikeith Notes towards Becoming a Spill brings together a series of striking studio portraits of Black male subjects as they inhabit various states of meditation prayer and ecstasy. Shikeith describes the work as leaning into the uncanny visualizing ritual and the process of excavating Black men's erotic potential the better to exorcise the intangible presences that haunt their bodies and psyches. The men's faces and bodies glisten with sweat (and tears) the manifestation and evidence of desire. This ecstasy is what critic Antwaun Sargent proclaims as an ideal a warm depiction that insists on concrete possibility for another world. In this revelatory volume Shikeith redefines the idea of sacred space and positions a Queer ethic identified by its investment in vulnerability tenderness and joy. Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill is made possible in part thanks to the generous contribution of 7 G Foundation.
Title: Shikeith: Notes Towards Becoming A Spill
Brand: Aperture
Barcode: 9781597115230
Pages: 128 Pages, 60 Four-Color And Black-And-White Images
Publication Date: 8/16/2022
Category: Individual Photographers