senakirfa A.
(syntax) to Become: an ongoing Reading exercise <> Collective Read is a reading exercise* organized by senakirfa A., grounded in voices that usher Black feminist and decolonial poetics. The monthly reading exercise welcomes and encourages you to become akin to reading again, and is held at Metro54.
*Exercise: something performed or practiced in order to develop, improve,
or display a specific capability or skill
The reading exercise calls on familiarising ourselves with the act of reading, which informs a pathway to self-discovery and to our varied poetics that intersect, aiming to hold onto the nourishing abilities of reading.
During the reading exercise gatherings, we read in the company of each other.
Our moments together vary from reading collectively, out loud in turns, or coming together to read individually in silence, in each other's company.
The texts we will read vary from fragments and chapters of prose, letters, science fiction, literary fiction, (auto)biographies, and poetry engaging in Black feminist and Decolonial poetics. As all the reading happens during the gatherings, it’s not mandatory or needed to read beforehand. A digital or physical copy will be made available during the exercise.
