Volume I: The Seers

The Journal is the interpretive space of the Index. Volume One: The Seers introduces the inaugural list of 100 Black women: visual and narrative storytellers, poets, designers, thinkers, tinkerers, architects, technologists, and innovators whose work expands what is possible for ourselves, one another, and society at large. Their work builds worlds. Through visual, written, and sonic essays, the Journal examines the radical power of vision through these women’s eyes. Each essay is guided by 'technologies' long practiced by Black women: Imagination as Self-Preservation, Refusal as World-Building, and Art as Care Practice. At the center of this project is a limited-edition volume conceived as a modern-day encyclopedia. Featuring newly commissioned photography, original essays, and biographical entries, the book documents the lives, wisdom, and aesthetics of the Index’s inaugural cohort. The online Journal serves as a portal into this evolving archive.