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
20: Art and Freedom with Tao Leigh Goffe
On our final episode of season one of Part of the Practice, writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist Tao Leigh Goffe is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota about art, freedom, and her project Dark Laboratory, located at Hunter College CUNY. Tao talks about her book Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis, and about the importance of asking questions that you don't have answers to. Tao's brand new human, affectionately referred to as Dragon Baby, joins the conversation, too!
FULL TRANSCRIPT of Episode 20 available here.
About our guest:
Tao Leigh Goffe is a critically-acclaimed writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist who grew up between the UK and New York City. For the past fifteen years she has worked as an academic and has been invited to give keynote lectures in her specialities of colonial histories of race, geology, climate, and media technologies. Dr. Goffe lives and works in Manhattan where she is an Associate Professor at Hunter College, CUNY. She teaches classes on literary theory and cultural history. Dr. Goffe’s book on how the climate crisis is a racial crisis is called DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday and Hamish Hamilton (Penguin UK, 2025)). It has been celebrated in the New York Times, the Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher’s Weekly.
More about Tao Leigh Goffe:
Website: taoleighgoffe.com
Instagram: @taoleighgoffe
X/Twitter: @taoleighgoffe
Bluesky: taoleighgoffe.bsky.social
More about Dark Laboratory:
Website: darklaboratory.com
TikTok: @darklaboratory
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