Being of Place and Materiality

Abstract Bronwyn Katz's multidisciplinary practice investigates the deep entanglements of land, materiality, and memory through sculpture, installation, and performance. Working with found materials and used objects, Katz maps geographies of absence and presence to articulate histories of displacement, colonial extraction, and ecological repair. Framed through Tiffany Lethabo King's “shoal” (2019), Christina Sharpe's concept of “weather” (2016), and Denise Ferreira da Silva's “dark matter” (2022), their work positions blackness as a material force rooted in ancestral reverence for the Earth. In this interview, Katz discusses land as a collaborator and non-human entities as reparative witnesses. Configuring personal narratives with collective struggle, their artistic practice unearths critical methodologies for sensing interconnected histories and futures.