Cameron A Granger

Things on my mind re: art & responsibility. I was hesitant to post this because I don’t really want to focus on the individual instance, or to come off as fishing for praise. It was really @nifmuhammad ’s (by way of Saul Williams) question the other day of “what will it take for you to shift your priorities?”, and the quote that opened up Jack Whitten’s show at MoMA that really moved me to share this. “Everything was forcing me to make up my mind…What kind of person do you want to be? What sort of world do you want?”

Surprise! Scratched off a big big bucket list item earlier this year when @sarahmaeschmidt asked if I wanted to make something for the new episode of Off The Air they were putting together for @adultswim . It was an instant yes, and I had so much fun making it with the homies. Shit still feels unreal. We got @hakimsartnstuff playing an exorcist who deals exclusively in public spaces, and @vivvyen & @domdeshawn playing lingering spirits. Cinematography by @jefferygrantjr and @lilbitty_usagi on production assistance. For folks with cable it premieres 4 AM EST Dec 16th and runs till the 20th. Online link soon to follow :) Thank you SO much @sarahmaeschmidt / @thesunshinemall for the invitation, and shoutout to all of the other artists included esp the good brother @freddie.crocheron 🖤 WE ON THE TV

The homie @love__higher came by the show at @kate_werble_gallery to talk pigeons with me!! If you want to learn more about some of the ideas behind the show tap in :) incredibly grateful to Reg for taking the time and care to put this together, and letting me yap about the work. I really love this little vid. “DOOM & GLOOM!!” Is open till April 5th, you got a couple weeks left to check it out. @artforum said it’s a quote, ‘must see’!! 🎶🎶🎶= “transmutation” - @hueymnemonic

Hey what’s up hello— if you’re in NY you have two (2!!) chances to play my game Sidechain IRL this week!! First up this Friday, at @the_g_a_ll_e_r_y in this WILD line up curated by the homie @the_dancr_next_door , that starts at 7 PM. Then on Saturday, 11-6 I’ll be at THE @blackzinefair (thank you @netazines for the invitation 🥲) posted up in the reading room where you can come hang out, play, and show me all the cool zines you got :) I love this game and im soooo excited to hang w y’all and talk about the game away from keyboard and I’m truly beside myself with gratitude for these invitations. And to everyone that’s already played and shared w your people: THANK YOU!!

There's 10 minutes left at the warehouse party at the end of the world and you are the Angel of History. It’s your job to make these final moments count. In the Black Reading Room, BZF attendees will have the chance to play sidechain, a point-and-click adventure game created by Cameron Granger @realtayediggs . sidechain is an ode to the DIY and club spaces like MINT, Corrugate, No Place, Black Ice, and BUILD that offered refuge to the game’s creator. See you on May 9 from 11 AM to 6 PM @powerhouse_arts !

Endless, enduring gratitude to @downing.andy and @matternews_ for the words on sidechain and the opportunity to gush about the people, places and pieces that inspired it. Thank you so much for continuing to archive the work we do in and around this city that means the world to me. I made this game in reverence of and dedication to the scenes that raised me. Without those nights (into mornings) at spaces like MINT I wouldn’t be the artist that I am today. I’m so grateful that I get to claim these spaces as a part of my creative lineage. What a gift, what an honor!! Link to read the piece (and to play the game if you haven’t yet!!) is in my bio. Read on to see me yap about warehouse spaces, @dwellerforever fest & getting caught in snowstorm at nowadays, @ifeolujobi & @garrettallenn ’s “down & out”, John Akomfrah and several other things that helped me make this work!!

One week of “sidechain”! Thank you so much to everyone that’s tapped in and played and shared their thoughts- it really means a lot to me!! If you haven’t played yet, you can find it at the link in my bio. You can play it right in your web browser (desktop only tho no mobile). You can run it in 20 minutes, it’s got good music and certified Good Graphics. Here are some environments you can explore in the game, at the warehouse party at the end of the world. I really love these little spaces, they’re like my own little riffs on Earnie Barnes paintings (if you look at the dance floor you can see that it’s literally just the sugar shack lol). This game was made in reverence to the diy spaces that raised me. I’m so excited about how it turned out. Please spend some time with it if you are able!!

Join us for films by Cameron A. Granger, in conversation with Doreen St. Félix on the evening of Wednesday, April 22. Granger’s practice draws on video games, magic, and Black ancestors to imagine liberatory alternatives to violent civic power structures. Don’t miss Granger’s three recent films presented together for the first time with a lively discussion led by St. Félix. Doors 6:30pm, screening 7pm - free as always - details & RSVP at link in bio! Doreen St. Félix is a writer and critic. Since 2017, she has been a staff writer at The New Yorker. She has lectured at Yale University, Columbia University, Loyola Marymount University and others. She is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Criticism. @doreenstfelix Cameron A. Granger is Sandra’s son & came up in Euclid, Ohio. He likes pigeons, video games, & memes. Lately he’s been thinking about how mythmaking and narrative have been used to police the imagination. He’s a lifetime member of MINT Collective, long may it live, and an alum of Euclid Public Schools. Granger is also an alum of the Studio Museum in Harlem AIR program (2021-22) and Skowhegan School for Painting & Sculpture (2017). His film, Before I Let Go, was awarded Best Experimental Film and the Audience Award at the BlackStar Film Festival (2023). Granger has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions at Kate Werble Gallery in New York, NY (2025); No Place Gallery, Columbus, OH (2022); and Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA (2018), among others. He has shown in group exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2022), The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in Detroit, MI, Jack Shainman The School, Kinderhook, NY (2022), and The Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha, NE (2021). Granger lives and works between Columbus, OH and Queens, NY. @realtayediggs Images courtesy of Cameron A. Granger and Doreen St. Félix

Hi y’all I made a game!! It’s a point and click adventure, mini game extravaganza called “side chain”. There’s 10 minutes left at the warehouse party at the end of the world, and you are the Angel of History. It’s up to you to make these final moments count. Will probably be available to play tomorrow I think. You can play it in your web browser on my itch page (you’ll need a keyboard and mouse tho), I’ll share the link here when it’s up :) Gratitude to @love__higher for letting me use their track “Wanna Go” (feat. @tromac ). More heat from Love Higher can be heard in the full release along w some ambient tunes I chopped up for it too.

* For Tosha * Let's come together and lift her up * Two locations 2-4: viewing and service - Evergreen 6-8: celebration of life - MAG *Come in a way that honors her spirit* Evening program: 6 - 6:30 pm - lobby - place your memories: flowers, images, notes... 6:30 - 7:45 pm - Theatre - video/ slideshow - opportunity for family and friends to speak love to Tosha’s memory 8:00 - 10 pm - Ballroom - music, light refreshments, fellowship ***Bring Your Own Beverage***

we’re excited to be launching our substack! we will be sharing timely cultural critiques and political education materials to help inspire & orient all who have liberation on their mind & in their hearts ❤️‍🔥 for our first dispatch, we are publishing a piece by @realtayediggs ~ “what is the role of the artist in a time of genocide?” ~ which presents a powerful & relatable response to the most urgent of questions 🌱 here is an excerpt. check it the rest of it on our substack [linked in bio] & give us a follow there for more 😎 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒-𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑝𝑠. 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ;)

When I woke up this morning, I went to the corner store and bought some flowers (sunflowers, I love them, but the bouquet isn’t worthy compared to the ones she made) and an orange (iykyk). My love and gratitude for Tosha and what she shared with me while I was here is a mountain that words cannot climb, but I wanted to try. I love you Tosha. You were the best to ever do it. God, we were so lucky to have you as long as we did. We’re going to miss you so fucking much.