Microscope is very pleased to present a conversation between Ayanna Dozier and scholar Brittnay L. Proctor In connection with Dozier’s current solo exhibition at the gallery “This Country Makes it Hard to Fuck,” featuring new works in film and film photography.

“Engaging with the Black feminist theory and poetics in Dozier’s work, the dialogue will examine the artist’s multidisciplinary practice … . At the center of the discussion lies oft-ignored sexual politics of alienation, desire, and hyper-sexualization of Black femmes that undergird the works on view.”

When I Am Empty Please Dispose of Me Properly, is a group exhibition featuring the work of seven artists -- Ayanna Dozier, Ilana Harris-Babou, Meena Hasan, Lucia Hierro, Catherine Opie, Chuck Ramirez, and Pacifico Silano. Exhibition Curator Jenny Gerow sat down with Ayanna Dozier and Pacifico Silano to discuss artistic process, archival material, and how dominant myths of the American dream shape us.

Artist Carrie Schneider joins Rail contributor Ayanna Dozier for a conversation. We conclude with a poetry reading by Aristilde Kirby.

Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden joins Brooklyn Rail contributor Ayanna Dozier for a conversation. We conclude with a poetry reading Asiya Wadud. Recording (with transcript/captions) available via the link.