eMERGING: Visual Art & Music in a Post-Hip-Hop Era
Curated by James Bartlett
February 14 – May 26, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 14 | 6-9PM
From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop, Black culture has a history of interdisciplinary arts movements. Today’s contribution to this tradition is magnified and expanded by the ease of connecting. Access to the entire world is always just a few clicks away. Today’s artistic movement emerges from the near ubiquity of global Hip Hop culture, and maintains many of Hip Hop’s aesthetic traits and political stances. Yet, in 2013, the cultural production of previous decades is filtered through a complex milieu of global traditions, nostalgia and futurist dreams, all in an age of intercontinental connectivity.
eMERGING is a curatorial experiment that places visual art and music side by side, and explores an array of artistic expressions that define this unique emerging merging of cultures and art forms. The exhibition features the works of visual artists and directors Kajahl Benes, Kudzanai Chiurai, Delphine Diallo, Modou Dieng, Hassan Hajjaj, dream hampton, Pieter Hugo, Hycide, Kahlil Joseph, Terence Nance, Cinque Northern, Storyboard P, Ebony G. Patterson, and Hank Willis Thomas & Kambui Olujimi, and music by Blitz the Ambassador, Flying Lotus, Seu Jorge, Just A Band, Shabazz Palaces, Spoek Mathambo, THEESatisfaction, and others.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Artist Talk
Thursday, February 21 | 6-7:30PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Join us for a conversation with eMERGING exhibiting artists, moderated by poet Jessica Care Moore. Stop by the Main Gallery after the discussions to see the exhibition. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Public Exchange
Film Screening + Panel Discussion
Wednesday, February 27 | 6-9PM
Ingersoll Recreation Center
177 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn
In collaboration with the Ingersoll Tenants Association, join us for a screening of Middle of Nowhere, a feature-length narrative film about a woman coping with her husband’s incarceration. Middle of Nowhere, is the first film to deeply explore its effect on the women on the other side of the fence. Following the film there will be a panel and discussion featuring special guests.
Spook Magazine: Issue #2 Release Event
Thursday, March 7 | 6:30-8:30PM
Jason Parham, founder of the biannual literary publication Spook Magazine, will join contributors to the latest issue for an artist talk moderated by Ebony.com Contributing Writer Patrice Peck. A reception will follow.
T-Shirt Making Workshop for Kids & Teens
Saturday, March 9 | 1-4PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
In this free workshop led by MoCADA Teaching Artists, kids and teens ages 8-16 will be inspired by the early days of hip hop fashion and language from black culture by decorating and reconstructing shirts using printmaking techniques. Please RSVP by March 5 to morgan@mocada.org.
Poetry Reading and Performances
Friday, March 29 | 6-8PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Esteemed poets come together to read and perform works inspired by and engaging with Black music, film, and visual art. Featuring Tyehimba Jess (leadbelly), DéLana R.A. Dameron (How God Ends Us) and Harmony Holiday (Negro League Baseball). Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
dream hampton talks Decoded
POSTPONED
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Writer dream hampton will discuss her work with Jay-Z on his 2010 memoir, Decoded. Grab your copy in the MoCADA Museum Shop. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Teen Movement Workshop
Saturdays, April 13, 20, 27 and May 4 | 1-3:30PM
Location, TBA
$10 tuition contribution
Both a movement workshop and an exploration of African dance traditions in contemporary visual culture, this four-week course taught by MoCADA educator Mihoby Rabeharison is designed to teach students how to use choreography as creative expression. Please RSVP by April 11 to morgan@mocada.org. Tuition is due on first day of class.
Public Exchange Jazz Concert
Saturday, April 13 | 2-4PM
Farragut Houses | York Street, Brooklyn
In partnership with the Farragut Houses Tenants Association and the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, this month’s Public Exchange event will celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month by hosting an outdoor Jazz Concert featuring a performance by Grammy award winning trumpeter and producer, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown.
Soul of Brooklyn Block Party
Friday, April 26 | 4-10PM
Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
MoCADA is bringing Soul of Brooklyn to Bed Stuy! This month we will feature DJ sets and video art by Seattle based music duo THEESatisfaction aka DJ Sassy Black and Stas THEEBoss. Join us on Tompkins Avenue this for a fun filled evening of workshops, performances, film screenings, visual art, DJs, great food, and shopping. For more information visit www.SoulofBrooklyn.com.
Soul of Brooklyn Block Party + Concert
Saturday, May 4
Lewis Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant | 2-6PM
Concert in Fulton Park | 7-9PM
Join us on Lewis Avenue in Bed Stuy for workshops, performances, fashion, film screenings, visual art, DJs, great food, and shopping. This edition of the Block Party will feature a concert with Ghanaian hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador and other special guests. For more information visit www.SoulofBrooklyn.com.
Panel Discussion on Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness
Friday, May 17 | 6-8PM
South Oxford Space | 138 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn
Please join us as a panel of celebrated artists, writers and thinkers discuss themes surrounding Rebecca Walker’s Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Public Exchange Dance Performances + Workshop
Saturday, May 25 | 2-4PM
Walt Whitman Houses | Brooklyn
In collaboration with the Walt Whitman Houses Tenants Association, this month’s Public Exchange event will feature a performance by Brooklyn’s own dance street king, Storyboard P, known for his compelling performance in Flying Lotus’ short film, Until The Quiet Comes.
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Video created by Nelson Nance
Installation images by Hiroki Kobayashi, 2013
eMERGING is supported in part by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with The City Council, and private funds from Lambent Foundation.
eMERGING: Visual Art & Music in a Post-Hip-Hop Era
eMERGING: Visual Art & Music in a Post-Hip-Hop Era
Curated by James Bartlett
February 14 – May 26, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 14 | 6-9PM
From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop, Black culture has a history of interdisciplinary arts movements. Today’s contribution to this tradition is magnified and expanded by the ease of connecting. Access to the entire world is always just a few clicks away. Today’s artistic movement emerges from the near ubiquity of global Hip Hop culture, and maintains many of Hip Hop’s aesthetic traits and political stances. Yet, in 2013, the cultural production of previous decades is filtered through a complex milieu of global traditions, nostalgia and futurist dreams, all in an age of intercontinental connectivity.
eMERGING is a curatorial experiment that places visual art and music side by side, and explores an array of artistic expressions that define this unique emerging merging of cultures and art forms. The exhibition features the works of visual artists and directors Kajahl Benes, Kudzanai Chiurai, Delphine Diallo, Modou Dieng, Hassan Hajjaj, dream hampton, Pieter Hugo, Hycide, Kahlil Joseph, Terence Nance, Cinque Northern, Storyboard P, Ebony G. Patterson, and Hank Willis Thomas & Kambui Olujimi, and music by Blitz the Ambassador, Flying Lotus, Seu Jorge, Just A Band, Shabazz Palaces, Spoek Mathambo, THEESatisfaction, and others.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Artist Talk
Thursday, February 21 | 6-7:30PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Join us for a conversation with eMERGING exhibiting artists, moderated by poet Jessica Care Moore. Stop by the Main Gallery after the discussions to see the exhibition. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Public Exchange
Film Screening + Panel Discussion
Wednesday, February 27 | 6-9PM
Ingersoll Recreation Center
177 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn
In collaboration with the Ingersoll Tenants Association, join us for a screening of Middle of Nowhere, a feature-length narrative film about a woman coping with her husband’s incarceration. Middle of Nowhere, is the first film to deeply explore its effect on the women on the other side of the fence. Following the film there will be a panel and discussion featuring special guests.
Spook Magazine: Issue #2 Release Event
Thursday, March 7 | 6:30-8:30PM
Jason Parham, founder of the biannual literary publication Spook Magazine, will join contributors to the latest issue for an artist talk moderated by Ebony.com Contributing Writer Patrice Peck. A reception will follow.
T-Shirt Making Workshop for Kids & Teens
Saturday, March 9 | 1-4PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
In this free workshop led by MoCADA Teaching Artists, kids and teens ages 8-16 will be inspired by the early days of hip hop fashion and language from black culture by decorating and reconstructing shirts using printmaking techniques. Please RSVP by March 5 to morgan@mocada.org.
Poetry Reading and Performances
Friday, March 29 | 6-8PM
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Esteemed poets come together to read and perform works inspired by and engaging with Black music, film, and visual art. Featuring Tyehimba Jess (leadbelly), DéLana R.A. Dameron (How God Ends Us) and Harmony Holiday (Negro League Baseball). Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
dream hampton talks Decoded
POSTPONED
MoCADA | 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn
Writer dream hampton will discuss her work with Jay-Z on his 2010 memoir, Decoded. Grab your copy in the MoCADA Museum Shop. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Teen Movement Workshop
Saturdays, April 13, 20, 27 and May 4 | 1-3:30PM
Location, TBA
$10 tuition contribution
Both a movement workshop and an exploration of African dance traditions in contemporary visual culture, this four-week course taught by MoCADA educator Mihoby Rabeharison is designed to teach students how to use choreography as creative expression. Please RSVP by April 11 to morgan@mocada.org. Tuition is due on first day of class.
Public Exchange Jazz Concert
Saturday, April 13 | 2-4PM
Farragut Houses | York Street, Brooklyn
In partnership with the Farragut Houses Tenants Association and the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, this month’s Public Exchange event will celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month by hosting an outdoor Jazz Concert featuring a performance by Grammy award winning trumpeter and producer, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown.
Soul of Brooklyn Block Party
Friday, April 26 | 4-10PM
Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
MoCADA is bringing Soul of Brooklyn to Bed Stuy! This month we will feature DJ sets and video art by Seattle based music duo THEESatisfaction aka DJ Sassy Black and Stas THEEBoss. Join us on Tompkins Avenue this for a fun filled evening of workshops, performances, film screenings, visual art, DJs, great food, and shopping. For more information visit www.SoulofBrooklyn.com.
Soul of Brooklyn Block Party + Concert
Saturday, May 4
Lewis Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant | 2-6PM
Concert in Fulton Park | 7-9PM
Join us on Lewis Avenue in Bed Stuy for workshops, performances, fashion, film screenings, visual art, DJs, great food, and shopping. This edition of the Block Party will feature a concert with Ghanaian hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador and other special guests. For more information visit www.SoulofBrooklyn.com.
Panel Discussion on Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness
Friday, May 17 | 6-8PM
South Oxford Space | 138 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn
Please join us as a panel of celebrated artists, writers and thinkers discuss themes surrounding Rebecca Walker’s Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.
Public Exchange Dance Performances + Workshop
Saturday, May 25 | 2-4PM
Walt Whitman Houses | Brooklyn
In collaboration with the Walt Whitman Houses Tenants Association, this month’s Public Exchange event will feature a performance by Brooklyn’s own dance street king, Storyboard P, known for his compelling performance in Flying Lotus’ short film, Until The Quiet Comes.
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Video created by Nelson Nance
Installation images by Hiroki Kobayashi, 2013
eMERGING is supported in part by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with The City Council, and private funds from Lambent Foundation.