Afterwardsness refers to Freud's theory, also translated as aprés-coup, of a belated understanding of past psychological phenomena. The artists included work in practices involving video, painting, drawing, and sculpture and deal with issues surrounding gender, surrealism, obsession, and the post-digital body.

Artists include:

Jacob Broussard, Yale University
Cameron Coffman, UCLA
Shane Farrell, SUNY Buffalo
Chris Lucius, University of Tennessee
Brice Peterson (M.F.A. '19)
Libby Rosa (M.F.A. '19)