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Fear-mongering targeting Black and Brown people remains pervasive and entrenched in societies around the world. As these fears are repeated, recycled, and re-enforced in our daily lives through skewed media lenses, misinformation, and stereotyping they become deeply embedded in the psyche of their consumers.
Members of the African diaspora are confronted with the resulting fears of the darkness of their skin. This is evidenced in the deeply rooted fears we experience externally and internally that force us to delicately navigate daily life in a predominantly white society. This repeatedly forces us to ask: “What are You really afraid of?”
Nyctophobia is an unapologetic interrogation of the psyche examining the dichotomy of those who are afraid of blackness and those are feared. Twelve artists from the African diaspora explore manifestations of “nyctophobia” through a wide range of media, practices, and ideas that immerse the viewer in a psychological experience.
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