"Navigating the Historical Present" is a mantra for Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle’s practice in which she creates performative situations to illustrate how she grapples with the residue of history related to the context of exploring the exotification and exploitation of the Black female body. The performance Exploring The Nowannago involves a Kentifrican narrative that provides a social critique of how we are chained to the residue of the past and how bodies that are deemed the Other through labels of queerness, racial constructions and gender constructions are treated. Performance features Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle and Tyler Matthew Oyer and will be followed by an audience discussion.

‍This program is presented in conjunction with Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena and is free to the public.