about

i am a writer and critic whose work revolves around the relation between aesthetic forms and global capitalism. in particular, this entails: the aftermath and enduring presence of colonialism, especially in francophone west africa; how finance capital bears on habits, time, language, desires; the legitimacy of negation as a form of refusal.

before joining harvard’s department of art, film, and visual studies as a phd student, i studied art and visual history at humboldt-universität zu berlin, uc berkeley, école normale supérieure, and école des hautes études en sciences sociales. berlin feels like one version of home, but i am also partial to places on the baltic, the pacific, and at lake constance.

my essays, interviews, art, film, and literary criticism can be read in publications that include e-flux, texte zur kunst, the baffler, x-tra, mubi notebook, taz, the brooklyn rail, BOMB, and senses of cinema. i often write with others. if time and headspace allow, i occasionally write short fiction. i am an alumni of the young critics workshop at film fest gent (2021), berlinale talents (2023), and the critics circle at viennale (2023). i am also a co-editor of re:visions, an open-access online journal for recent art and visual culture, based at freie universität, berlin.