Sharon Hayes Speaks About Her Work Bringing Queer Feminist Archives to Life

In this episode, we hear from artist Sharon Hayes, who is currently exhibiting her work, My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of its New Grit Art in Philly Now show. Hayes is connected to Philadelphia by virtue of her professorship at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work uses photography, film, video, sound performance and text to interrogate the intersection between the personal and the collective. Her work has been shown at the Whitney Biennial, Documenta and the Venice Biennale. She’s interviewed by artist James Allister Sprang, whose own work combines elements of photography, sound installation and poetry. He tells stories that draw from black, radical and experimental traditions. He has shown work or performed at the kitchen, the Brooklyn Museum, Storm King Art Center, the Public Theater, Baryshnikov Art Center, the Apollo Theater and many other institutions.