Last month, The Performance Space in New York City hosted a series of performances by Niv Acosta and Fannie Sosa that put what many researchers call the ‘racial sleep gap’ into perspective. The show, called Black Power Naps, was a response to a growing number of studies that show black Americans sleep significantly worse than white Americans. One study, for example, suggests that black Americans are five times more likely than white Americans to get less than six hours of sleep per night. The disparity is difficult for scientists to pin down empirically, but through an experiential tapestry of work, Acosta and Sosa grasp the multifaceted nature of the condition. Black rest, they find, is as spiritual as it is medicinal, as shared as it is private. Following the show’s final presentation, we caught up with the artists to learn more about what it means to rest and what it means to dream.