Tony Cokes in conversation with Adrienne Edwards

Tony Cokes in Conversation with Adrienne Edwards presents a dynamic exchange between two incisive figures in contemporary art.

Taking place against the backdrop of 4 Voices / 4 Weeks—Cokes’s bold commission for Piccadilly Lights—this dialogue delves into how media, memory, and visual language intersect in times of crisis. Adrienne Edwards and Cokes explore the coded visual strategies that Cokes uses—combining text, archival media, and music—to challenge entrenched narratives and expose latent structures of power. Their conversation invites us to confront how public imagery and collective memory shape contemporary justice movements.

Rather than offering definitive answers, this exchange becomes a space for questioning: how can art repurpose fragments of cultural memory to disrupt dominant discourses? As Cokes reframes texts through his signature coded abstraction, Edwards engages the political urgency such visual work evokes in public spheres and activist contexts .