On the occasion of the exhibition M. Obultra 3 by Matthew Schrader, White Columns is pleased to present the book launch of Clonal Hum by Omar Berrada.
For this reading Omar Berrada will be joined by fellow poets Christian Campbell, Saretta Morgan, and Cecilia Vicuña.
Omar Berrada is a writer, curator, and the director of Dar al-Ma’mûn, a library and artists residency in Marrakech. Currently living in New York, he teaches at Cooper Union, where he co-organizes the IDS Lecture Series.
Christian Campbell is a Trinidadian Bahamian poet, essayist and scholar, and the author of the acclaimed poetry collection Running the Dusk. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Saretta Morgan is the author of chapbooks Feeling Upon Arrival (2018) and room for a counter interior (2017). She lives between Phoenix and Mohave Valley, AZ.
Artist-poet Cecilia Vicuña created the concept of Precarious Art in Chile in 1966, an early response to the ecological crisis. Her improvisatory performances emphasize indigenous cultural memory and the collective nature of action to bring forth justice, balance and world transformation. Vicuña is the author of 27 books. (Image credit: Daniela Aravena)
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