Hybrid Exhibit By Jupiter June and Jessi Jumanji
[In-Person]
Manifesto: Throughout history Black people have created unique ways to celebrate our ancestors, this series envisions a future reality in which digital media and altars have merged. Utilizing mediums ranging from collage, motion, and illustration; June and Jumanji predict a new way Black people can celebrate the lives of our community with beauty and honor. “To give a peaceful, celebratory homegoing, it’s the whole idea of a celebration of life,” says Karla F.C. Holloway, a Black woman professor of English, law, and African American studies at Duke University. It’s become part of black burial traditions, she says—even though “it is a contradiction to the ways in which many black bodies come to die.”
Guests will be able to view, meditate, and pray with the altars projected on a large scale at Aziz Gallerie in Leimert Park LA. Paired with ambient and soulful music, guests will also be able to light an incense or candle representing an ancestor they love. Closing the event will be remarks from the artist and a special TBA performance.
COST
Donation Based , Prints for sale
VENMO/PAYPAL/CASHAPP/ZELLE HANDLE
Jupiter June
Jessi Jumanji
AMOUNT CHARGE
RSVP Only Entry
EVENT CAPACITY
50 Guest at a time