As our communities face the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and severe anti-Black racism, what do resilience, resistance, joy, grief, and collective care look like? Detroit Narrative Agency (DNA) invited Detroiters and Michigan residents to creatively respond to this question through short videos. Radical Remedies, organized in collaboration with Detroit Narrative Agency, amplifies community stories to build collective healing.
This exhibition highlights short films, videos, and moving image works that were initially featured as part of DNA’s Radical Remedies: Collective Healing and Power Through Story. Detroit Narrative Agency is a community organization that supports Black, Brown, and Indigenous Detroiters to examine and create film and media that build collective healing, power, and liberation.
Participating Artists
AVA ANSARI, HALIMA AFI CASSELLS, RAFAEL LEAFAR, NIA + NZINGA
AYSHA JAMALI, ANISA JIBRELL, ISRA DARAISEH + ASHA NOOR
VANESSA REYNOLDS (VENUSLOC)
IFAYOMÍ CHRISTINE
KAREN CARDENAS + ERIK PAUL HOWARD
CHRIS JAKOB, COSTA KAZALEH SIRDENIS + AJA SALAKASTAR DIER
Curatorial Credits
Radical Remedies is curated by the Detroit Narrative Agency in collaboration with MOCAD Curatorial Fellow M Pofahl, and support from Curator of New Media + Technology, Pat Elifritz.
Exhibition Credits
MOCAD’s curatorial fellowship program and related exhibitions and programs, such as Detroit Narrative Agency: Radical Remedies, are supported by the Ford Foundation.
