Ecology × Pedagogy × Design
Est. 2016
Independent Art Direction
When the Wrong Species Enters the System: Gentrification as Ecological Disruption
studio practice - featured essay

When the Wrong Species Enters the System: Gentrification as Ecological Disruption

A nomadic artist's lens on neighborhoods as living systems — and why the pattern of displacement is ecological even when the choices are entirely human.

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More from The Periodical — essays, field notes, and studio dispatches.

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§ 01 Recent Work
§ 01 Full Archive
Making things that had to exist.
Studio Philosophy · Brooklyn & Atlanta

Every project is a conversation between makers, community, and the world the work will inhabit. We don't decorate — we build systems.

Afrofuturism Wabi-Sabi Living Archive Ecology Pedagogy Design Practice
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§ 03 Public Art & Murals
§ 03 All Murals
Public Art

Wallsthat teach.

Every mural is a conversation between the built environment and the community it serves.

Where We Dream To BeATL
Ditto Oslo Co-LivingDC
Afora · ValparaísoChile
Community Archive Wall · ValparaísoChile
Bed-Stuy
Crown Heights
Harlem
Brooklyn
§ 05 Studio Films & Talks
§ 05 All Films
Flow State — A Studio Process
Studio Film
Flow State — A Studio Process

A glimpse into A’ja’s studio, where painting, contemplation, and emergence meet the sonic guidance of DJ Aki.Sano in a collective flow-state practice.

A'ja Studio 25 min
§ 06 Events & Happenings
§ 06 All Events
Locally & Online

Community & StudioEvents

Workshops, open studios, lectures, and community gatherings. A space for making, thinking, and being together.

Mar6
Mz. Icar Collective + The Laundromat Project
March Liberation Series: Communal Drum and Voice Circle
1476 Fulton St. 6-9pm Free Hot Meal, Live Music, Drum Circle, Guided Prompts
Free
Mar12
Collective Making
Aisha Tandiwe Bell: Ethos
Welancora Gallery 33 Herkimer St, Bed-Stuy
Free
Mar19
Community Market Event
NYC: March Open House & Spring Queer Vendor Market
154 Christopher Street, Manhattan 6pm
Free
Apr2
Launch
Periodical Vol. IV — Launch Night
Brooklyn · Location TBA
Free
§ 07 Shop — Objects & Editions
§ 07 All Products