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1024 Gov. Nicholls Street. The house is extant and may well be the oldest surviving shotgun-type house in New Orleans and the nation. It was constructed by the Haitian immigrant Pierre Roup in 1823, beside his own shotgun maisonette residence (Ref. NONA Felix de Armas [notary] March 17, 1836:104:35).

DWELLER READER EDITION 001  // DW06-RDR-ED001                              ALERT: Available for free at the festival on a first come first serve basis, limited to one per person. A collection of documents on the ongoing stewardship of contextualizing afroanalogous dreamtime (black togetherness) through self determined art. Like the days of the liner note and matrix runout haikus, black myth making has used the word as a conspirator for astral audio travel. Here are some notes on our music for all the silent white labels who could never say their peace. Newsprint, 80 pages Published by @1201.am Editor: @negrolith Writers: @frankiefatgold @undergroundresistance313 @monique_todd James Boggs @dwellerforever @authenticallyplastic Art Director: @hassanrahim Designer: @tarinkarimbux Special Thanks: @beedotnet @christoferluis_ @kingtexas Note about the type: The body text of this book was set in Oscillo Regular, a text face designed specifically for the Dweller reader by Tarin Karimbux.

Non-disciplinary artist manuel arturo abreu & tonal geologist Ryan C. Clarke have co-developed 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘹. Starting 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 27 𝙅𝙪𝙣 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝐚-𝟏𝐩 𝐏𝐓 / 𝟐-𝟓𝐩 𝐄𝐓, in 𝘵𝘦𝘯 weekly, three-hour zoom meetings mixing conference style and workshop style, we explore the afroludic, in a process of reading, watching, playing, thinking, & designing in Black. Learn more & enroll at 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐛𝐢𝐭.𝐥𝐲/𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐱. + link in bio!⁣ ⁣ We examine Black analog and virtual gaming cultures, considering Black design and narrative principles, steeped in the communal, the divinatory, & the nonlinear. We also trace the antiblack coloniality of the digital and of ludic studies.” – manuel⁣ ⁣ “Us both being lifelong fans of video games, we’re geeked to engage our focus in the context of the medium. It’s such a field worth taking seriously. Let’s plays as comparative literature?” – Ryan ⁣ ⁣ "Is Majora's Mask Black?" - manuel⁣ thank you to everyone in our first session (still ongoing), for those who know, its been nothing short of beauty

What's up folks! @negrolith and I are so excited to launch a second iteration of afroludix. We're seven weeks into the pilot class and it's been such a joy. We're starting on Sat 6/27, and enrollment is open today via bit.ly/afroludix. That page also has more info for anyone interested! It's a ten week course that combines critical analysis and rule-system design (both ludic and not) and culminates in the presentation of a final project / WIP. Reach out if you have any questions!

In this episode of Ear Expansion, host LaMont Hamilton speaks with multidisciplinary artist, DJ and theorist Ryan C. Clarke @negrolith about his practice, which integrates sedimentology, coastal geomorphology, black electronic music studies, blues epistemologies, ethnomusicology, regional environmental history, and more. Clarke shares his early influences, from his grandparents’ gospel radio to video games, and explains deltaic thinking, a framework connecting black music’s social histories with geological processes. They discuss blues epistemologies, the relationship between blackness and ecologies under colonial pressures, and the deep time concepts in techno music. Clarke also highlights his work with @dwellerforever to support black electronic artists and foster community.

last @orokoradio episode of the year!!! so so blessed to have the amazing @negrolith with a take over today 🍃 one of the most intelligent, kind humans i know! big big inspiration for me !! if you not hip get hipppp!!! read about Ryan and the mix below ☀️☀️☀️ ————— mix title: there for you to pick it up enjoy the sound sketch. a series of listenings to the internal exile of black thought (mixing as dreaming of another way through time). Any previously understood “mistakes” are now acts against LLM looking to completely quantize the sound of rhythm. Mistakes/ruptures/way through/ways out. Love to Oroko! Ryan C. Clarke (@negrolith ) is a tonal geologist from the southeastern banks of the Mississippi. His work in the field of expanded earth science proposes counter-architectures of sociality based on the deltaic processes that built the land his home resides on. His writings and lectures have been published by E-flux, Rhizome, Terraforma, Harvard, and Dweller Electronics where he is a co-editor and curator. thank you @negrolith thank you @orokoradio 2PM EST 1PM CST 7PM GMT 📡📡📡📡

In partnership with @ile.ife.neworleans in New Orleans, Highlander Center presents a free screening of “MR. SOUL” by Melissa Haizlip (2018)

In 1968, America’s first Black variety show, “SOUL!,” helmed by producer and host Ellis Haizlip, premiered on public television. The pioneering series ran for five years, cementing itself as not only a vehicle to celebrate African American artistry, community, and culture but also as a platform for political expression and a powerful force in the fight for social justice.

Mr. SOUL! portrays in exquisite detail a revolutionary time in American culture and entertainment through vibrant archival footage and interviews with numerous Black luminaries who appeared on “SOUL!,” or were impacted by it. While chronicling the journey of “SOUL!,” Mr. SOUL! recounts the life and contributions of the late Haizlip, who was steeped in the New York City arts community prior to creating the show. Ellis quickly stepped into the role of host of his creation, where his earnest demeanor, low-key interviewing style, and his passion for the Black artistic community and their works—including books, the spoken word, music, film, and dance—culminated in a show that depicted the Black experience in a bold and unapologetic way. Haizlip’s creation shifted the media focus from what was then uniformly images of inner-city poverty and violence, to instead shine a light on the vibrant contemporary Black Arts Movement. 

Join us before the film for selections from Matthew Nelson, AKA @americanmatthew . He’s bringing the vibes of his project “Sunday Coffee” to our space with tunes inspired by SOUL! After the film we will gather for a discussion with Ryan Clarke, AKA @negrolith of Dweller. 

Come to learn about Ellis Haizlip, SOUL! and drop into a discussion rooted in the sacred act of curating the people you know for a more beautiful world. Stay for the music, pastries, and fellowship. 

We’ll see you in class.

Performed as a free hi-tech jazz quintet alongside @_._kwami_._ @dorothycarlos @bantlopez @indybuz with a conversation about the phenomenon of bass frequencies with @djrupture in between sets for the @triple_canopy 2025 symposium at @roulette_intermedium _intermedium on October 11, 2025. Thank you to the triple canopy team (specifically @wilksllc and @alexanderprovan ), @worker_coffee (of @erinnbuhyoff and @arimadillo_ ), @genggrizzly for the merch table and to all that came to listen Check out the link to listen to the two sessions between the archived chat of Jace and I (jewels dropped were too 🔥for youtube)

For the 2025 Triple Canopy Symposium, Triple Canopy and Roulette convened an ensemble of improvising musicians, thinkers, and writers to consider bass as a frequency, political metaphor, and technology in and beyond Black music. Ryan C. Clarke (@negrolith ) connected bass to coded forms of communication in Black history—like the talking drum—and used a DJ system to manipulate the group’s performance. The one-night-only band was made up of cellist Dorothy Carlos (@dorothycarlos ), drummer Buz Donald (@indybuz ), bassist Brandon Lopez (@bantlopez ), and experimental musician Kwami Winfield (@_._kwami_._ ). Visit the link in our profile to watch an excerpt of the performance. We’ve just published documentation of select events from the 2025 Symposium; head over to our YouTube channel to revisit the panels and performances. Originally livestreamed by Roulette on October 11, 2025. This year’s Symposium was presented in partnership with Critical Minded (@criticalminded_community ) and hosted by Roulette (@roulette_intermedium ). Cover photo by Curtis Wallen (@curtiswallen ).

Moods 86: Ryan C Clarke (@negrolith ) bridges New Orleans and Detroit with jazz, a cappella, and caretaking.

Join us December 3rd for ‘Techno as African-American Environmental Thought’ with Ryan Clarke of @dwellerforever at Boiling Point in Little River. ‘Techno as African-American Environmental Thought’ reestablishes Black cultural work as geomancy, or “methods of divination that interpret geographic features, markings on the ground, or the patterns formed by soil, rocks, or sand (Merriam-Webster) This lecture will recognize heritage algorithms woven across of various black cultural activities as a means to reconcile social death and racist anti-intellectualist tropes that black folk aren’t engaged in and producing complex algorithms daily. The workshop will address and collaboratively perform various black patterns to showcase how we as a people encrypt pre-Atlantic liberation technologies inside an ethnomathematic as an act of collective self-expression and fugitivity. Highlander Center's Winter Lyceum is a public educational space helmed by Miami based organizers and supported by networks of Cultural Practitioners rehearsing community building, mutual learning, asking new questions and curating alternative approaches to our ever changing social landscape. We’ll see you in class. Register at the link in our Linktree Learn more about Highlander Center at: HighlanderCenter.org Learn more about Dweller at: Dwellerforever.blog

@NEGROLITH . @_IFE . SET DE FLO. NO CULTURE FOR THE VULTURE. We’ll see you heads on the floor. ⚔️🖤⚔️ Tickets on sale now. SATURDAY, NOV 22, 10pm - 4am 💥✨