asmara

Guided by Black Feminist Insurgency, asmara (she/they) is dedicated to the reality that freedom is a place we can build and arrive at in this lifetime. They study and practice traditions of feminist revolution to reignite the liberatory world-building that occurs before, during, and in the wake of global systems of domination. Inspired by the ancient relationship between women and nature, her work catalyzes the consciousness shifts necessary to restore dignity to the earth and third-world women; at the center of this is a reconfiguration of the feminine body as a precious and profound locus in earthly and cosmic ecosystems. As an artist of the experimental tradition, she focuses on raising social empathy through intimate community building and the creative practices of writing, performance, and film. As part of this practice, asmara practices agroecological conservation and grows food for free distribution to support resilient, sovereign community members at Ujamaa Garden in the Northeast Bronx.