Babette is a radio producer and media artist who produces podcasts, radio stories and sound works about Black history and culture. In their work, they explore how new media (specifically sound media) can be used to tell Black history and Black stories in ways that are tangible, educational and accessible. They’ve worked in digital media at institutions such as The Whitney Museum of American Art, The National Museum of African American History, SF MOMA and NPR.
Broadly interested in the intersections of Blackness and media, their research explores how Black subjects have historically engaged with various forms of new media. Their forthcoming dissertation, “Can You Hear Me Now? 20th Century Black Feminist Soundwork in Transmission and Reception” is about Black women and girls’ relationship to the radio during the mid-to-late twentieth century.