The Power of Illegibility

Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst. This week we’re talking about legibility from a different perspective, thinking through how it protects us. We do this by examining the work of two artists: Simone Leigh and Amy Sherald, thinking of what they’re work is saying and how it impact us. It’s worth mentioning that Amy Sherald has a major show on right now at The Whitney and it’s brilliant. Everyone should see it.As always, if there’s anything you want us to talk about on the pod during our office hours, email at: [email protected]. Thanks for listening.Books We Talked AboutFriends of the Museum by Heather McGowanLong Division by Kiese LaymonMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarErasure by Percival EverettBabel by R.F. KuangYellowface by R.F. KuangThe Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.