Spring 2023: Rain, Clouds, Unicorns and Rainbows
“My hunch is that joy is an ember for or precursor to wild and unpredictable and transgressive and unboundaried solidarity. And that that solidarity might incite further joy. Which might incite further solidarity. And on and onn. . . It’s why I think of joy, which gets us to love, as being a practice of survival.” - Excerpt From: Ross Gay. “Inciting Joy.”
Particles of water or ice are suspended in the air, become submerged into one another until they are too big to float, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, hail drizzle, cats and dogs, and liquid sunshine until all of life depends on the resulting fresh water. Rain is changing too and, like clouds, is in abundance or scarce.
Then there is a rainbow! Sometimes even two! Suddenly there is magic in the air as the full spectrum of light shines back down on us. Rainbows seem invisible, like to magic of unicorns, until we find them, and when we see them, they see us.
Spring 2023 at Grace Exhibition Space: We are expressing the multitude of rain and clouds and unicorns and rainbows that allow us to find the resulting joy.
BLACK AESTHETICS 4.0
BriFrei, Meadow Le Elle, Kagé, Pink Tacos, and Crackhead Barney will come together as individuals to accent and celebrate “Black Aesthetics’ in Grace Exhibition Space. Forming a collective for the night, the curated artists have unique expressions and practices blending sounds, vocals, performance, and fashion. Comprised of, but not limited to: dancers, punk vocalists, & rappers, these underground artists are rising to the possibilities.
PERFORMERS
BriFrei
Bronx native BriFreí is a performative creator driven by spiritual expansion. Using her performative art practice as a means to maintain physical spiritual and mental health, she creates space for free-flowing movement and intense vocalizations in her works. Art has become her catalyst for transmuting today’s sadness or rage into tomorrow’s imagined acts of love and liberation. Abandoning the idea of limitations, her performances are often fully drenched in her eccentric creations like her handmade garbs & accessories. Whether accompanied by instrumentalists or original sounds, BriFrei’s whimsical & tragic acts invite you on a wild healing experience.
Meadow Le Elle
Meadow Le'Elle is an American vagabond and seeker of obscure sounds. Inspired by their travel, they take the viewer and listener on an intimate journey of syncopated chaos; expressed through operatic punk vocals, textured electronic beats and wild interpretive dance.
Pink Tacos
A band, a brand. A representation of freedom and unity, a source of black empowerment, and a highlight for women being the garden of life. The combination of artistry Pink Tacos gather is a source of many different visual influences and genres. The vocalist duo “Proof and Yoda” use an orchestra of producers to get the unique sound they are searching for. Their sound called “rage” is similar to Xxxtentacion’s early releases. These students who mastered the craft and added their own presence to instrumentation are gifted. They’ve toured the east coast and made some stops along the west, and are currently playing locally and gaining traction for their next hit single.
Kagé
Kage is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York who believes art is a powerful means of communication. As a Black, queer, and autistic man, Kage's work is deeply rooted in his personal journey of self-discovery. He creates art that inspires confidence and comfort in the face of life's challenges, drawing on nostalgia and innovative techniques to produce unique and thought-provoking pieces.
Crackhead Barney
Crackheadbarney is an anomaly, a coward, a harlot, a whore, and a sidepiece! She or he doesn’t know
what the fuck she is doing half the fucking time and you know it and I know it! Shit writing this right here
just proves it! But who Gives a FUCK! You don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a FUCK and neither do you! I just
flailing my Ass, pUSSY, and Tits around because they are big enough to be in everybody’s faces?
Crackheadbarney is not a performer, not a loud mouth, not a provocateur, is bad with words and has
not business performing in the streets of NYC!