States of Creation is a cinematic podcast series exploring the spiritual dimensions of artistic practice. Through intimate conversations with contemporary artists filmed within their studios and personal spaces, the series explores the unseen forces, memories, rituals, and beliefs that shape the act of creation.
New episodes released monthly.
An Original Series by Rooster/Lion | Art directed by Jonathan Fouabi for An Audio Visual Freestyle.
Genesis Tramaine on Faith, Obedience, and Painting Saints | States of Creation — Episode 5
On this episode, Genesis Tramaine speaks about her Southern Baptist upbringing, her relationship with God, and the moment painting became a calling. Our conversation explores the studio as a place of worship, the saints and faces that emerge through her work, and the act of surrendering control by asking before each painting, “How can I be of use?” Genesis also reflects on joy and color as expressions of faith, the prayers her paintings carry, and what she hopes they continue to do once they leave her studio.
22 Sept 2026
Adama Delphine Fawundu on Mama Adama, Kpoto Patchwok, and Listening to the Land | States of Creation — Episode 4
On this episode, Adama Delphine Fawundu speaks about the deep connection she shares with her namesake, her grandmother Mama Adama, and the ancestral knowledge she receives and carries into her work. Through fabric, performance, and her kpoto patchwok, our conversation explores the body as a living archive and repetition as a form of ritual. Adama also reflects on community, teaching the next generation of artists, and our collective power to shape a new world. Her research moves between archival study and physical presence: listening to the land and asking permission from nature wherever she goes.
12 Sept 2026
Official Trailer | States of Creation: Episode 4 — Adama Delphine Fawundu
Official Trailer of the forth episode of States of Creation: Adama Delphine Fawundu speaks about the deep connection she shares with her namesake, her grandmother Mama Adama, and the ancestral knowledge she receives and carries into her work. Full Episode will be released next week.
20 Aug 2026
On Art as Language, the NYC Subway, and Legacy | States of Creation, Ep. 3, Part II — Watson Mere
In Part II, Watson Mere speaks about learning to talk at five years old and how art became his first form of communication. He also reflects on his relationship with the NYC underground through his daily subway rides to his Times Square studio, legacy and stigma, and the initial spark responsible for all creation.
15 Aug 2026
On Fire, Vodou, and Shango | States of Creation, Ep. 3, Part I — Watson Mere
In this episode, Watson speaks about Haitian Vodou and his deep connection to Shango—the Orisha of fire, thunder, and justice. Our conversation explores painting as a portal between the spiritual and physical worlds, and fire as a force of both destruction and renewal—from the burning sugarcane fields of Belle Glade, Florida, to his canvas.Watson also reflects on what it means to release such deeply personal works into the world, and how he navigates conversations about them with his collectors.
29 Jul 2026
Official Trailer | States of Creation: Episode 3 — Watson Mere
Official trailer of the third episode of States of Creation: Watson Mere speaks about Haitian Vodou and his deep connection to Shango — Orisha of fire, thunder, and justice. A conversation about painting as a portal between the spiritual and the physical. About fire as destruction and renewal, from the burning sugarcane fields of Belle Glade, Florida to the canvas. About the underground energy of the New York City subway, and its influence on his practice. And about the weight and the calling of preserving Haitian culture and the legacy of Vodou for generations to come.
10 Jul 2026
Annu Yadav on the Gaze, Opposition, and Feminine Power | States of Creation — Episode 2
Annu Yadav was raised in a conservative Rajasthani family — a world where a daughter’s path was already written. Her mother dreamed of something else: freedom for her daughters. That liberation is now what Annu paints.On this episode of States of Creation, she speaks about the goddesses born from her own mythology — figures of strength, grief, and desire. A conversation about the gaze, and taking power back from it. About art as escape, and art as presence. About the pleasure of making, and the calm it brings. And about the contradictions of being a modern, liberated woman.Because contradiction is central to Annu’s work — freedom and expectation, love and violence, East and West, the masculine and the feminine. Rather than resolving these tensions, she turns them into sites of creation.
30 Jun 2026
A Moment from Episode 2 — Annu Yadav | States of Creation
A glimpse into our conversation with Annu Yadav in the upcoming second episode of States of Creation.
5 Jun 2026
Behind the Scenes of Episode 1 — Now Streaming
A candid behind-the-scenes moment from the making of Episode 1.
2 Jun 2026
Dina Nur Satti on Clay and Ancestral Knowledge | States of Creation — Episode 1
On the first episode of States of Creation, Dina Nur Satti speaks on clay, ancestral knowledge, and the more-than-human world. A meditative conversation on spirituality, memory, and what it means to create in dialogue with the unseen.
28 May 2026
A Moment from Episode 1 — Dina Nur Satti | States of Creation
A glimpse into our conversation with Dina Nur Satti in the upcoming first episode of States of Creation — a cinematic exploration of spirituality, ritual, and artistic practice.
28 May 2026
Official Trailer | States of Creation: Episode 1 — Dina Nur Satti
Extract from the first episode of States of Creation: Dina Nur Satti speaks on clay, ancestral knowledge, and the more-than-human world. A meditative conversation on spirituality, memory, and what it means to create in dialogue with the unseen.
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