An exploration of geopolitical occasional space

Curated by Gia M. Hamilton

Monday August 15, 2016 - Saturday October 1, 2016

Ace Hotel Gallery

600 Carondelet New Orleans, LA

Featuring works by: Amina Massey, Ana Hernandez, A Scribe Called Quess, Ashley Teamer, Ayo Scott, BLAZE, Bronwyn Katz* representing South Africa, Ceaux, Epaul Julien, Horton Humble, John Barnes, Kristina Kay Robinson, L. Kasimu Harris, MaPo Kinnord, Matthew Rosenbeck, Sharbreon Plummer, Torrence Taylor

“Southern Parlour investigates the creation of safe space, art making as a process, activism and blackness as a metaphorical concept.  In a living room setting, artists/writers/practitioners and the viewer share intentionality of the expansion and contractions of blackness in a “leased” or occasional space ” 

 - Gia M. Hamilton, curator | healer

SALON SERIES

Opening Ceremony: Sleeping Giant

August 15th 2016 7pm- 9pm

Afrofuture Society presents the opening ceremony entitled Sleeping Giant

 Soundscapes featuring DJ Laylo & healing performance by “Sula” Janet Evans & poet/scholar  A Scribe Called Quess   7:00pm-7:30pm

The Global South, Healing work and the art making process and “Women’s Work”

August 23rd 2016 6pm -8pm 

Artist Talk with:

Bronwyn Katz (South African based artist)

Kristina Kay Robinson, New Orleans based writer

Sharbreon Plummer, New Orleans based artist

Abstraction, Activism and Aesthetics - Conjectural Mapping

September 27th 2016 6pm-8pm

A Scribe Called Quess, New Orleans based poet/scholar

Cairo Kwame, New Orleans based organizer/scholar

Torrence Taylor, New Orleans based cultural practitioner/stylist

Closing Ceremony

October 1st  2016 6-9pm 

Afrofuture Society Soundscapes featuring DJ Sabine

Amina Massey, Photographer/ founder of Shotgun Griot podcast 

Matthew Rosenbeck, New Orleans based visual artist and founder of Junk Masters; curated thrift

Ma Po Kinnord- New Orleans based visual artist