POP THAT @ THE EDGE
OF THE WORLD

Calling all those who know the system is collapsing and are ready to imagine a world post-collapse. Pop That @ the Edge of the World is a course built around one declaration; it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. Let’s wake that up and break that up. 

This course lives inside the belief that gathering is where liberation begins to breathe. If we cannot picture it, we cannot build it. Each session combines study and discussion, with activities including proprioceptive mapping, qigong, collage, and sigilism. Key concepts include cultural memory, harm reduction, Afro-pessimist imagination, and communal survival preparedness.
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The course will culminate in a presentation of a survival framework generated by the participants. The presentation will include emergency preparedness, imaginative blueprint, and community protection tactics.


​THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE IN PERSON
​AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER:
466 Grand Street, NY, NY

THURSDAYS 6-8 PM
October 8 - 29 , 2026
4 sessions +
culminating share out on Friday, October 30
Sliding scale tuition: 
$45, $120, $220, ​or $320
+ $30 non-refundable registration fee

INSTRUCTORS

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​Kiki Mills is a multidisciplinary facilitator and collage practitioner fascinated by alternative Black lifestyles. She hosts free monthly collage workshops and weekly qigong at Bailey's Cafe in Bed-Stuy where she's also been training in qigong for 3 years. She recently began leading qigong classes at Rikers Island. Her practice centers archival image-making, disruptive community art-building, and collective imagination. 

​Joy Norton is a Brooklyn-based performance artist and movement instructor whose work channels Black femme resistance through endurance, improvisation, and somatic practice. She runs PPPleasure Studios, an affordable studio in Brooklyn. Recent work includes choreography at Abrons Arts Center, Center for Performance Research and Judson Church, with past residencies at New Dance Alliance, Movement Research, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. 
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Image credit left: Mia Vasquez
Image credit right: @thandonline
This program is supported, in part, through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Additionally, our classes are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.