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Plantation Horror

Plantations, as we understand them, declined after Emancipation. But the plantation of the American South has endured in the cultural imagination because of its ability to relentlessly innovate. The Southern plantation—as a place, and as an idea—has become decoupled from its violent past, making it easier to commodify for public consumption.

Type:
Features
Source:
Fall 2025
Credit:
Text / Frances Cathryn

The 2025 Mississippi Invitational: Call Home

The 2025 Mississippi Invitational, curated by TK Smith and dubbed Call Home, opens with a title wall graphic that incorporates a landline phone dangling, as if abandoned by its user. The white handset—hanging loosely by an orange spiral cord, forever suspended somewhere between connection and disconnection, sets a quietly poignant tone for the exhibition. It also poses a question: Do you make the call?

Type:
Reviews
Source:
August 12, 2025
Location:
Jackson, MS
Credit:
Text / EC Flamming