Typographics 2020: Everything is Where it is Expected with Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Channel: Typographics
Date: 18/09/2020

This talk took place on July 26, 2020 as part of Typographics Conference. The live-streaming, recording, and archiving of the event was made possible by the generous support of Google Fonts. 

Working across geographic locations, Nontsikelelo Mutiti’s work touches on a transnational narrative around Black cultural production. The reality of the diaspora of living far away from home and seeking kinship forms the foundation of a visual language that calls out, almost as a sonograph, in an attempt to locate Black communities, who are the primary audience for the artist’s work.

Nontsikelelo Mutiti is 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, experimental publishing and archiving practices and peer to peer collaborations. Mutiti holds a diploma in multimedia art from the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts, and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, with a concentration in graphic design. Mutiti is currently Assistant Professor in Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also artistic director for Black Chalk & Co. a platform for archiving and publishing practices that curates cultural events and fosters collaborative projects with peers located in Harare, Johannesburg, New York, Richmond and other international centres.