indira allegra: The Book of Zero

Death is a fundamental first step to rebirth, but this transition can be a daunting prospect without a compassionate guide. Our 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident, Indira Allegra, intervenes with The Book of Zero, a multimedia meditative experience that brings together powerful sensations and visuals that have emerged during Allegra’s investigations into doula work, death care, and cycles of the body and environment.

In The Book of Zero, water, weaving, and projections animate the earth and its afflictions. The structures of hate that have plagued our communities—white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, bigotry—are in their final death throes, but they need to be helped along the way to their ultimate dissolution. Borrowing from the narrative structures and poetic repetition of sacred texts, Allegra’s guidance in The Book of Zero pushes through the violence of a difficult ending with compassion in order to welcome the spirit of a new beginning.

Rebirth happens on both collective and individual levels. The Book of Zero invites you to ask yourself: What do you need to let go of before you can move forward along your personal journey? As you pass through these choreographed spaces, open yourself to the vital transformations necessary to usher in an era of healing.