Apophatic Art Practice and Research

Connecting with the ineffable in times of flattening

Contributors Project / Editorial Team
  • Merel Visse
  • William Franke
  • Ryan Woodring
  • Béatrice Machet
  • Sarah Travis
  • Enaiê Azambuja
  • Sarah Tarkany
  • Peter Kline
  • Kythe Heller
  • Cailtin Gilson
  • Chelle Stearns

This hybrid project, including publications, exhibitions, studio/writing drop-ins, and an intensive low-residency, is intended for artists, art educators, curators, philosophers, contemplative studies scholars, and researchers interested in exploring the significance of apophatic studies for their art practice and research.

In this moment of fracture and flattening, apophatic practice — approaching what cannot be said or captured directly — is a way to meet contemporary pressures without premature answers. It honors the most intricate human experiences — love, grief, solidarity, the slow erosion of certainty, the thing that shifts in a room just before something changes.