A book is a fight, a keynote
with Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Saturday, May 2
10am PT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET, 7pm CET
What liberatory possibilities can we imagine for publishing, from the contours of the page to a book’s final landing place? In this keynote, Nontsikelelo Mutiti draws from her multi-hyphenate practice as a designer, artist, artistic director, educator, and experimental publisher, to consider how new forms of bookmaking, reading, and creative production might be cultivated that challenge the pervasive colonial structures of the publishing world. You’ll also learn how book design, in both traditionally and independent publishing contexts, can work to communicate, amplify, and even strategically conceal our most urgent and defiant messages.
Dominique Sindayiganza / Sindiyaganza Photography
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator. She is invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples past, present, and future through a conceptual approach to design, publishing, archiving practices, and institution building. Mutiti holds a diploma in Multimedia from the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, with a concentration in Graphic Design. Mutiti is the Director of Graduate Studies for Graphic Design at Yale School of Art. She has held academic positions at Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA), SUNY Purchase College and VCUart at Virginia Commonwealth University.