In Conversation: Sable Elyse Smith, Boots Riley, and Rizvana Bradley

On Wednesday, March 25, 6:30pm–8:00pm, join The Contemporary Austin on The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center for a conversation between 2026 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize recipient artist Sable Elyse Smith, acclaimed filmmaker, musician, and writer Boots Riley, and scholar Rizvana Bradley.

Held in tandem with Smith’s new exhibition Clockwork, the discussion will examine how Smith and Riley’s subtle, surreal, and spectacular works in moving-image, sound, text, and expanded media both expose and confront systems of power and surveillance. Framed through Bradley’s critical lens, the conversation will illuminate shared strategies through which Smith and Riley mobilize image and text (cinematic, sculptural, and sonic) as sites of critique and possibility.