I am Vincente Perez. I am SubVersive.
My work starts from the premise that slavery is process that is currently ongoing, and that Black voice is always (already) constrained by a white supremacist violence that hides its destruction behind liberal ideals such as progress, The Human, multiculturalism and more. To this end I ask: what does it look, sound and feel like to explore relations with other forms of life that whiteness deems impossible? What kind of poems come from thingliness… from objects resisting… from waywardness… from no origin… from formlessness… There are/were/and will be value systems that operate outside of white supremacist logic and values. There are worlds and stories that fundamentally cannot be understood by whiteness and stand as a threat to its attempted omnipotence. My work adds to the chorus of voices, experiences, and life that affirm Black life, queer futurity, indigenous sovereignty, intersectional feminism, and various other ways of living, being, and knowing.
I am a cultural worker and my art is consciousness building—a way to get out of the projections that make us fear a more equitable world. My work is always public facing and accessible: I hold workshops and presentations all throughout the US to bring my ideas to people who can build with me and put these ideas into practice.
Here is my linked CV for more information.
I am Vincente Perez. I am SubVersive.
My work starts from the premise that slavery is process that is currently ongoing, and that Black voice is always (already) constrained by a white supremacist violence that hides its destruction behind liberal ideals such as progress, The Human, multiculturalism and more. To this end I ask: what does it look, sound and feel like to explore relations with other forms of life that whiteness deems impossible? What kind of poems come from thingliness… from objects resisting… from waywardness… from no origin… from formlessness… There are/were/and will be value systems that operate outside of white supremacist logic and values. There are worlds and stories that fundamentally cannot be understood by whiteness and stand as a threat to its attempted omnipotence. My work adds to the chorus of voices, experiences, and life that affirm Black life, queer futurity, indigenous sovereignty, intersectional feminism, and various other ways of living, being, and knowing.
I am a cultural worker and my art is consciousness building—a way to get out of the projections that make us fear a more equitable world. My work is always public facing and accessible: I hold workshops and presentations all throughout the US to bring my ideas to people who can build with me and put these ideas into practice.
Here is my linked CV for more information.
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