Part of the Practice
What is social practice, and how does it affect the ways we navigate our lives and make change in the world? Join artists, scholars, and collaborators from Social Practice CUNY on Part of the Practice, hosted by Catherine LaSota, as we discuss our individual art practices, our communities, and the role of socially-engaged art in our work for social justice.
Part of the Practice
03: Art, Identities, People with Chris Colón and brandon king
On this episode of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with two students in the Social Practice CUNY network: Student Fellow brandon king, an MFA student at Queens College-CUNY, and Student Actionist Christopher Colón, a Ph.D. candidate in Urban Education at the Graduate Center-CUNY. As the SPCUNY program has spread to more campuses in the CUNY system, we have the gift of scholars meeting across disciplines and finding lots to talk about together, as brandon and Chris do in this episode. Have a listen to hear their thoughts on staying connected to their communities, following non-traditional academic paths, and the importance of their crews in everything they do.
FULL TRANSCRIPT of Episode 3 available here.
About our guests:
Chris Colón is a visual artist and scholar-activist from Brooklyn, NY. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Urban Education program at the Graduate Center. His auto-ethnographic, arts-based research rethinks what education is and how to make sense of the world around us.
brandon king is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural organizer from the Atlantic Ocean by way of Hampton Roads VA. king creates installations exploring African Diasporic identities, honoring his ancestors’ stories through archival and found materials, sound collages, painting, film, and other forms. For more than twenty years, king has contributed his expertise to community-led organizations driving social transformation. brandon is a member of the NYC-based artists collective PTP (Protect The Peace) and is currently an MFA Candidate at Queens College focusing on Social Practice and installation.
More about Chris:
Instagram: @ph718
More about brandon:
Instagram: @brndnkng
PTP: ptp.vision
Website: brndnkng.cargo.site
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/subt_1e
MixCloud: mixcloud.com/subt_1e
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Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Gaius LaSota for our Part of the Practice music.
Part of the Practice logo courtesy of Maliyah Mohamed.
Social Practice CUNY is funded by the Mellon Foundation.