Torkwase Dyson: Distance and perception in the wake of climate change
Interdisciplinary artist Torkwase Dyson speaks on race, sustainability, and access to equitable space.
June 19, 2019
Recorded on April 2, 2019.
Current Work is a lecture series featuring leading figures in the worlds of architecture, urbanism, design, and art.
In this video, Torkwase Dyson discusses race, climate change, and the intersection of the two, as well as her recent work, I Can Drink the Distance.
Laura Sparks provides the opening remarks, and Mario Gooden introduces Dyson’s lecture.
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