Natasha Marin

Natasha Marin is a Seattle-based conceptual artist, published poet,[1] and activist with roots in Trinidad and Canada, whose work focuses on people, community, and healing.[2] [3] [4] She is best known for her project Reparations (website), which received national attention in 2016,[5] and for her conceptual art project and book called BLACK IMAGINATION, published by McSweeney's.[6][7] Marin is lead consultant for NONWHITEWORKS, and was listed as one of 30 women who "Run This City" by Seattle Metropolitan magazine in 2018.[8] Marin is a co-founder of the Seattle People of Color Salon (SPoCS).

Black Imagination

Black Imagination is Marin's conceptual art project and book of the same name. The project began with an art exhibit in January 2018 called “Black Imagination: The States of Matter,” at CORE Gallery in Seattle. That exhibition was followed by two more exhibitions under the Black Imagination moniker: “The (g)Listening,” and “Ritual Objects.” Each of the three audio-based, conceptual art exhibitions in and around Seattle were designed to amplify, center, and hold sacred a diverse sample of Black voices.[3] The project continued in the form of a book of poetry, reflections, and stories curated by Marin called “BLACK IMAGINATION: Black Voices on Black Futures.” The book was launched at Hugo House in Seattle in January 2020,[9] and published by McSweeney's in February 2020.[10] The book received national attention, with The Paris Review stating, “The thirty-six voices in the book are resonant on their own and deeply powerful when woven together by Marin.”[7] The book was also reviewed in the Los Angeles Review[10] and was recommended by Jason Reynolds on PBS NewsHour.[11] Interviews with Marin about the book were featured on KUOW-FM “Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures,”[12] and on KEXP-FM, “Sound & Vision: Natasha Marin on Black Imaginations,”[2] complete with a playlist of origin stories from the book.

References
  1. Marin, Natasha (2009). "Adolescence, or Through the Fire". Feminist Studies. 35 (3): 523–523. ISSN 0046-3663.
  2. Fox, Emily (August 30, 2020). "Sound & Vision: Natasha Marin on Black Imaginations". KEXP. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. Beason, Tyrone (August 20, 2018). "Joy, peace feed black revolution in artist Natasha Marin's new West Seattle exhibit". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. Imperial, Aileen (August 23, 2018). "Artist Natasha Marin flips the script with Black Joy". Crosscut. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. Ng, David (August 4, 2016). "Artist launches Reparations website and 'social experiment' on white privilege". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. Harrison, Mia (April 24, 2020). "Black Imagination: A tool to decolonize one's mind". Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. "Three Possible Worlds". The Paris Review. June 18, 2020.
  8. "30 More Women Who Run This City". Seattle Met. January 31, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  9. "Book Launch: Black Imagination by Natasha Marin". Hugo House. January 24, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  10. Spencer, Rochelle. "Review: BLACK IMAGINATION Curated by Natasha Marin". The Los Angeles Review.
  11. Brown, Jeffrey (June 24, 2020). "Summer reading lists for young people at a time of crisis". PBS News Hour. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. O'Brien, John (February 18, 2020). "Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures". KUOW. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
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