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Ulysse has traveled to Senegal to transform the facade of a sprawling Brutalist building into an enchanted portal adorned with cowry shells, woven tails of twine, and hundreds of calabashes painted in vibrant colors.

Humanities professor creates enchantment in Senegal at Dakar Biennale

UC Santa Cruz Humanities Professor Gina Athena Ulysse was invited to participate as a featured artist for the prestigious Dakar Biennale (Dak'Art). She was selected as the 57th Faculty Research Lecturer and is a prolific Haitian-American scholar and artist. She refers to her practice as rasanblaj– that is, the gathering of ideas, things, people and spirits.

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