Tiona Nekkia McClodden: The Trace of an Implied Presence

Title: Tiona Nekkia McClodden: The Trace of an Implied Presence

Editor: Tiona Nekkia McClodden

Publisher: The Shed

Publication Year: 2022

This publication features texts by McClodden as well as newly commissioned essays by writers selected by the artist: poet and dancer Harmony Holiday and scholars Jasmine E. Johnson and Samantha N. Sheppard, who together examine the history of Black dance and the nuance of physical and movement-based awareness on the dancer’s body as a living record.

TIONA NEKKIA MCCLODDEN [she/her] is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. McClodden’s interdisciplinary approach traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations. Most recently, her work has explored the themes of re-memory and narrative biomythography.