Two hands hold open a handmade book that has cotton forming a border around an archival B&W image of people working in the cotton fields. In the background, the same archival image is shown. — Still from Neta Bomani, Dark matter objects: Technologies of capture and things that can’t be held, 2018–present. HD video (color, sound; 26 minutes). Courtesy of the artist.

Neta Bomani

Dark matter objects: Technologies of capture and things that can’t be held

On View: November 21-November 21, 2021

This Video Viewing Room features Neta Bomani’s Dark matter objects: Technologies of capture and things that can’t be held (2018–present), a storybook for children and adults about computational history and technology. The video was viewable in full from November 22, 2021–March 21, 2022.

This presentation is organized by Legacy Russell, Executive Director and Chief Curator.

Compiler: Neta Bomani Sound engineer: Khari Lucas Theme song composer: Christelle Bofale printmaker: Holly Meadows-Smith Video engineer: Adder Chu Circuit board engineer: Taylor Levy Narrators: Alexander Fefegha, American Artist, Ashley Jane Lewis, Bomani Oseni McClendon, Gabrielle Octavia Rucker, Galen Macdonald, Fred Moten, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Laolu Numa, Lina Chang, Marilyn Nance, Melanie Hoff, Sadé Powell, Simone Browne, Sol Cabrini de la Ciudad, Stephanie Dinkins, Sydney Spann, Zisiga Mukulu