Arthur Jafa

Over several decades, Arthur Jafa has constructed a compelling body of work that defies categorization. Both powerful and lyrical, his practice combines a profoundly unsettling blend of images and histories from diverse contexts and backgrounds. Bringing together affective memories that touch on the history of the United States of America, violence, repression, modalities of survival, and how these exist in the production and dissemination of images, music, sound, and time-based media, Jafa reflects on the ontology of race and of blackness. The catalog explores the philosophical, historical, and artistic implications of Jafa's work, featuring essays and a series of conversations between Jafa and key practitioners working in the fields of cinema, arts, and theory. 

Published on the ocassion of ARTHUR JAFA, LIVE EVIL, LUMA Arles from April 14 to November 12, 2022.