{"id":32241,"date":"2025-04-25T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=32241"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:12:41","slug":"the-radicality-of-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/25\/the-radicality-of-rest","title":{"rendered":"The radicality of rest\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In today\u2019s modern, fast-paced world of constant connectivity and busy calendars, rest often gets neglected. For many, societal and cultural pressures can make finding even a moment of true respite a near impossibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for Mia Imani, rest isn\u2019t just a priority \u2014 it\u2019s her life\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An alumna of the University of Washington Bothell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences<\/a>, Imani is now a spiritual technologist and interdisciplinary artist. She explores rest and new ways of being and belonging through installation, performance and writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, art and interdisciplinary practice are methods for me to create and design the world that I want to be a part of,\u201d Imani said. \u201cI\u2019m interested in the radicality of rest \u2014 the radical use of the imagination to dream things that have been unimagined and to use curiosity and experimentation as a means and a method to transform our reality.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a week-long residency in winter 2025, Imani returned to campus and invited viewers to join her in a \u201cradical return to rest\u201d through her immersive installation, \u201cRESTidency: The Dreaming Room.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d986457688f&quot;}\" 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12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Left: Mia Imani gives an artist talk during her residency. Right: Imani leads a processional to &#8220;The Dreaming Room.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Living as an avid dreamer<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Imani&#8217;s work is derivative of her spiritual practice, she said, adding that she\u2019s been an avid dreamer since she was a child. Growing up, she recalls that her family would share their dreams every morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always felt connected to something greater,\u201d Imani said. \u201cI\u2019ve been interested in different tools and practices of introspection and understanding because I think we\u2019re all here to try to understand <em>why <\/em>we\u2019re here \u2014 and that\u2019s on the scientist and the artist and the teacher and everyone in between to find out.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After high school, she tried her hand at a career in broadcast journalism but found it wasn\u2019t quite what she wanted. At 24, she decided to try something new. Seeking a campus with opportunities to experiment so she could see what she liked, as well as a campus with small class sizes, she found herself drawn to UW Bothell\u2019s Interdisciplinary Arts degree program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t come to UW Bothell with the intention of having a specific result,\u201d Imani said. \u201cI came here asking myself: \u2018How curious can I be? How much can I experiment?\u2019 I really took it as an opportunity to engage with all the offerings on campus because I knew I had nothing to lose.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her interests were varied, and she explored them all \u2014 from her own radio show called Soul to Soul, hosted on the campus\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaveradio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UWave radio<\/a>, to bringing her passion for writing and poetry to <a href=\"https:\/\/clamor-journal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clamor<\/a>, UW Bothell\u2019s literary arts journal, where she served as an editor for two quarters. Imani was especially captivated by the arts as a means for activism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imani said the roots of her work into investigating and creating spaces for rest first took hold in 2017 when Donald Trump took office in his first presidential term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Harrison-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A mirror writing that reads &#8220;I am safe,&#8221; by a student during the installation&#8217;s closing ritual. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resting as resistance<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember feeling hopeless and freaked out the first time he was elected. I didn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d she said, \u201cand I had friends who were scared because they were immigrants, and I had friends who lost their jobs because they were in a kind of freeze, fight or flight type of reality. I wanted to do something about it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, I asked, \u2018What if we provide space for students to rest?\u2019 Space for students to have discourse \u2014 not just around \u2018How are you dealing with Trump\u2019s America\u2019 but more about \u2018How are you doing? Do you need anything? What would make you comfortable? Are you sleeping well?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, right after graduating, Imani also held a \u201cSleep In\u201d at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI have a Dream\u201d speech as part of a performance series called &#8220;REM-EMBER.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI said to my girls, \u2018Come to the park with your hair wrapped, and we are going to rest in the park to showcase that Blackness is not just about our bodies being objects for production,\u2019\u201d Imani said. \u201cIt\u2019s also about being people of resistance. It\u2019s about rejuvenation. It\u2019s about being people of creativity, people who are friends and love each other.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her earliest performance and installation work focused on creating spaces for Black female-identifying people and drew from the works of other Black female creatives, such as the writer Octavia Butler. \u201cAt the beginning of my artistic journey, that\u2019s what I needed \u2014 to be with people who would affirm me and who made me feel safe to play and be curious,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d986457a684&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d986457a684\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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She continued to explore ideas around radical rest in her work in Berlin and back home in Seattle when she returned. Then, in March 2024, she was awarded a residency with the Seattle Office of Arts &amp; Culture and created the installation \u201cDREAM TEMPLE (for Octavia),\u201d which she exhibited in King Street Station.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her latest work, \u201cThe Dreaming Room,\u201d is the culmination of her work on radical rest. Nearly a decade after she first stepped onto the UW Bothell campus, Imani exhibited this work in a week-long campus \u201cRESTidency\u201d in February 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;I came [to UW Bothell] asking myself: \u2018How curious can I be? How much can I experiment?\u2019 I really took it as an opportunity to engage with all the offerings on campus because I knew I had nothing to lose.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Mia Imani, Interdisciplinary Studies \u201918&nbsp;<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018The Dreaming Room\u2019 is really a combination of all the work I\u2019ve done over the years. The conversations I\u2019ve had, the research I\u2019ve done, all my inspirations \u2014 including the professors who held space for me,\u201d she said in her artist talk for the residency. \u201cIt has been such a pleasure to return to a soft landing, to return to care and intention, and to return to conversation with one of my favorite professors \u2014 Dr. Jed Murr.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An associate teaching professor in the School of IAS, Murr said that seeing Imani\u2019s return to campus through art was also a full circle moment for him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking closely with Mia and an amazing group of undergraduate and grad students in a study group and course on Black Radical Traditions and Women of Color Feminisms in 2017 was a deeply formative learning and teaching experience for me,\u201d Murr said. \u201cShe continues to be a rich thinker\/creator\/cultural worker in those traditions, and her artist residency at UW Bothell created space for her to think and 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