States of Creation

On this episode, Genesis Tramaine speaks about her Southern Baptist upbringing, her relationship with God, and the moment painting became a calling. Our conversation explores the studio as a place of worship, the saints and faces that emerge through her work, and the act of surrendering control by asking before each painting, “How can I be of use?” Genesis also reflects on joy and color as express...

On this episode, Adama Delphine Fawundu speaks about the deep connection she shares with her namesake, her grandmother Mama Adama, and the ancestral knowledge she receives and carries into her work. Through fabric, performance, and her kpoto patchwok, our conversation explores the body as a living archive and repetition as a form of ritual. Adama also reflects on community, teaching the next gener...

Official Trailer of the forth episode of States of Creation: Adama Delphine Fawundu speaks about the deep connection she shares with her namesake, her grandmother Mama Adama, and the ancestral knowledge she receives and carries into her work. Full Episode will be released next week.

In Part II, Watson Mere speaks about learning to talk at five years old and how art became his first form of communication. He also reflects on his relationship with the NYC underground through his daily subway rides to his Times Square studio, legacy and stigma, and the initial spark responsible for all creation.

In this episode, Watson speaks about Haitian Vodou and his deep connection to Shango—the Orisha of fire, thunder, and justice. Our conversation explores painting as a portal between the spiritual and physical worlds, and fire as a force of both destruction and renewal—from the burning sugarcane fields of Belle Glade, Florida, to his canvas. Watson also reflects on what it means to release such dee...

Official trailer of the third episode of States of Creation: Watson Mere speaks about Haitian Vodou and his deep connection to Shango — Orisha of fire, thunder, and justice. A conversation about painting as a portal between the spiritual and the physical. About fire as destruction and renewal, from the burning sugarcane fields of Belle Glade, Florida to the canvas. About the underground energy of...

Annu Yadav was raised in a conservative Rajasthani family — a world where a daughter’s path was already written. Her mother dreamed of something else: freedom for her daughters. That liberation is now what Annu paints. On this episode of States of Creation, she speaks about the goddesses born from her own mythology — figures of strength, grief, and desire. A conversation about the gaze, and taking...

A glimpse into our conversation with Annu Yadav in the upcoming second episode of States of Creation.

A candid behind-the-scenes moment from the making of Episode 1.

On the first episode of States of Creation, Dina Nur Satti speaks on clay, ancestral knowledge, and the more-than-human world. A meditative conversation on spirituality, memory, and what it means to create in dialogue with the unseen.

A glimpse into our conversation with Dina Nur Satti in the upcoming first episode of States of Creation — a cinematic exploration of spirituality, ritual, and artistic practice.

Extract from the first episode of States of Creation: Dina Nur Satti speaks on clay, ancestral knowledge, and the more-than-human world. A meditative conversation on spirituality, memory, and what it means to create in dialogue with the unseen.