Artist and Author Jamika Ajalon is a self discribed INTERZONAL artist. She has been published in many anthologies and journals including Speculative City and Lit Hub. Her novel Skye Papers came out in the summer of 2021, to good review (including New York Times and Kirkus Review) Her poetry and lyrics have manifested in more than a dozen albums, including the newly released , REBOOTED (jamika & the argonauts 2022). She has also collaborated with many acclaimed artists, , most recently as interpreter/performer of text with Ali Cherri on his Venice Biennale award winning piece Of Men and Gods and Mud ( 2022), and as dialogue writer on Shu Lea Cheng's soon to be released film UKI , (tba 2022). As an interdisciplinary artist she works with mixed mediums including digital audio visual elements. Most recently she has finished an experimental sonic poetry ep: "FUGITIVE" (TBA 2022)based on her book of poetry Take Back The Narrative (published 2017). Last year (2020/21) her single screen sonic video ALCHEMY OF CUTS was a part of the Witches Expo at the CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Berlin. She also has been giving audio visual performative lectures she calls "Anti Lectures" for over a decade. The next one will be based on the themes broached in her novel Skye Papers : She has been invited to present at St Étienne, France Biennale "Globalista" and UCLA ( oct tba 2022). She is also currently on tour with a Paris based modular jazz/ poetry ensemble "Baldwin In Transit": a fluid collaboration between French musicians and Black Amerikan expats poets, inspired by the work of James Baldwin. Please check jamikaajalon.com for more details and links to her multi-disciplinary art practice and published writings.
- Artist and Author Jamika Ajalon is a self discribed INTERZONAL artist. She has been published in many anthologies and journals including Speculative City and Lit Hub. Her novel Skye Papers came out in the summer of 2021, to good review (including New York Times and Kirkus Review) Her poetry and lyrics have manifested in more[...]
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