About
MythMedia is an art and design studio that employs myth, media and world building strategies to address existential concerns impacting humankind in the 21st century. We apply liberation technologies and speculative frameworks to engage community in the art of survival and creative problem solving. Projects, publications, and direct action tools focus on issues and ideologies impacting present realities, pop culture and possible futures of BIPOC peoples and the planet at large. We welcome short and long-term collaborations with artists and activists, academics and independent researchers, cultural institutions and community organizers that strive for peace, equity and positive evolution.
MythMedia Studios
MythMedia is an art and design studio that employs myth, media and world building strategies to address existential concerns impacting humankind in the 21st century. We apply liberation technologies and speculative frameworks to engage community in the art of survival and creative problem solving. Projects, publications, and direct action tools focus on issues and ideologies impacting present realities, pop culture and possible futures of BIPOC peoples and the planet at large. We welcome short and long-term collaborations with artists and activists, academics and independent researchers, cultural institutions and community organizers that strive for peace, equity and positive evolution.
About Li Sumpter
Li Sumpter, Ph.D. is a multidisciplinary artist and independent scholar who applies strategies of worldbuilding and mythic design toward building better, more resilient communities of the future. Li’s creative research and collaborative design initiatives engage the art of survival and sustainability through diverse ecologies and immersive stories of change. Li is a cultural producer and eco-arts activist working through MythMedia Studios and the Escape Artist Initiative. She is also actively engaged in interdisciplinary projects with Monument Lab, Painted Bride Art Center and the Education Ecologies Collective. Li holds an MA in Art and Humanities Education from NYU and a MA/Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and has been a visiting professor at Haverford College, Moore College of Art and Design and recently returned to Pacifica to teach at her alma mater. Li is a recipient of the 2018 Sundance Institute and Knight Alumni grant, a 3-time recipient of the Leeway Art and Change Grant, a 2020 recipient of the Leeway Transformation Award, a 2022 recipient of the Velocity Fund, a 2022 Afrofuturist-in-Residence with the Village of Arts and Humanities, a 2022 Leeway Media Artist x Activist-in-Residence with the Theatre in the X, a 2023 RAIR Artist-in-Residence and was recently named a 2023 Bertha Artivist.