Inspired by indigenous cosmologies that evoke the interconnected relationship between humans, nature, and the universe, Adama Delphine Fawundu creates new languages, new ideas, and new worldviews through her interdisciplinary practice. The photographs on view were captured between 2016 and 2024 in places with large African diasporic communities, including Miami, Savannah, the Bahamas, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Cuba, and Brooklyn. The most recent of these were created at Lefferts Historic House as Prospect Park Alliance’s inaugural artist-in-residence in 2024.

Her grandmother’s tie-dye and batik cotton textiles, which appear in the photographs, situate Fawundu’s own body as a conduit for spirits both ancestral and futuristic in the perpetual circle of time.

The exhibition was generously sponsored by Color Center and DotWorks with installation support by OUTFRONT Media.

Adama Delphine Fawundu is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY of Mende, Bubi, Krim ancestry. Her work explores themes such as indigenisation, ancestral memory and activating the radical imagination. She co-authored the book MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. Her awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship, Catchlight Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, and Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant. Select permanent collections include the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Princeton University Museum, Bryn Mawr College, Norton Museum of Art, and the David C. Driskell Art Collection. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University.