Published by Aperture in Fall 2024, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra” is the 256th issue of the renowned photography magazine, guest-edited by artist Torkwase Dyson. This issue delves into the “Black spatial imagination,” investigating how photography and visual art can map and dismantle histories of environmental and social enclosure. Featuring contributions from major contemporary figures like Dread Scott and Sondra Perry, the volume explores abstraction as a tool for liberation. The issue questions how the Black body occupies space, time, and geography through an “arrhythmic” lens—rejecting standard narratives in favor of complex, mythic explorations of presence and resistance.
