During their residency with the Racial Imaginary Institute at The Kitchen, the Dark Noise Collective (Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, Danez Smith, and Jamila Woods) will conduct a week-long retreat, focusing on internal writing workshops, artist talks, and discussions around race and how their work disrupts white dominance. The Dark Noise Collective will do a public panel on Tuesday, July 17 at 7pm. To conclude their residency they will then present a public reading at The Kitchen on Friday, July 20th at 7pm, consisting of poems that have been generated during the residency, and other work.