Dispatches from the Western Wild, the first iteration of a series of programs by Ray Anthony Barrett, is an online journal written over the course of four months while he completes an expedition across the American West. These Dispatches—reflections on genealogies, sustainability, ecologies, and the varied landscapes of the Western wild—document the shared histories of forced migration of Black and Native American people and serve as an ongoing rumination on this months-long passage traversing both familiar and unfamiliar land. Ray's reflections are rooted in both a personal endeavor towards liberation and an historical inquiry into complex questions of identity and landscapes of survival, resilience, and revival.
I worked closely with Ray Anthony Barrett and Bianca Moran to design each Dispatch booklet as well as the program collateral.
Images: Ray Anthony Barrett, Go Tell It On The Mountain, 2020-21. Production stills. Photography by Ray Anthony Barrett and Rusty Baldwin.
