KAMBUI OLJUMI - WHERE DOES THE TIME GO… IS A MERCURIAL JOURNEY, A COLLAGE OF TIME, SPACE, AND SOUND, REMEMBERED AND FRAGMENTED IN EQUAL PARTS, STARRING IRUNGU MUTU AND JESSICA ALLIE. THE FILM DEBUTED AT DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTER AND FEATURED A LIVE MUSICAL SCORE BY ACCLAIMED PIANIST CHRIS PATTISHALL AND TRUMPETER ADAM O'FARRILL.
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO...
KAMBUI OLUJIMI WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN. HE RECEIVED HIS MFA FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND IS A GRADUATE OF PARSON'S SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. OLUJIMI WORKS WITHIN THE REALM OF IDEAS RATHER THAN WITHIN AN EXCLUSIVE MEDIUM. ALTHOUGH HE HAS DIRECTED A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN FILM, HIS IS TRULY A MULTI-MEDIA PRACTICE. HE CRAFTS POTENT SOCIAL COMMENTARY FROM DELICATE WISPS OF MYTH AND WHIMSY MIXED WITH REAL-WORLD NARRATIVE. LYRICAL AND ELLIPTICAL RATHER THAN IDEOLOGICAL, OLUJIMI’S ART TRANSCENDS THE POLITICAL SPHERE, AFFIRMING ITS OWN AUTONOMY.
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO...
KAMBUI OLUJIMI WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BEDFORD STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN. HE RECEIVED HIS MFA FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND IS A GRADUATE OF PARSON'S SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. OLUJIMI WORKS WITHIN THE REALM OF IDEAS RATHER THAN WITHIN AN EXCLUSIVE MEDIUM. ALTHOUGH HE HAS DIRECTED A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN FILM, HIS IS TRULY A MULTI-MEDIA PRACTICE. HE CRAFTS POTENT SOCIAL COMMENTARY FROM DELICATE WISPS OF MYTH AND WHIMSY MIXED WITH REAL-WORLD NARRATIVE. LYRICAL AND ELLIPTICAL RATHER THAN IDEOLOGICAL, OLUJIMI’S ART TRANSCENDS THE POLITICAL SPHERE, AFFIRMING ITS OWN AUTONOMY.
MANAL SHOUKAIR - E L E V A T E...IS ONE IN A SERIES OF INSTALLATIONS THAT ASK VIEWERS TO JOURNEY CONSCIOUSLY THROUGH THE SPACE THEY OCCUPY. IT DIRECTS AWARENESS INWARD, ENGULFING IT’S AUDIENCE IN THE STILLNESS OF IT’S GESTURE, MAKING EVIDENT SUBTLETIES OF EACH BODY’S EXERTIONS.
E L E V A T E
MANAL SHOUKAIR (B. 1992, LOS ANGELES) IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES IN DETROIT, MI. WHILE PURSUING HER BFA, TRAVELING ABROAD TO PLACES SUCH AS ZIMBABWE AND LATER THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, HELPED TO NARROW HER FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, SCULPTURE AND SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION.THESE MODES OF PRACTICE ENABLE SHOUKAIR TO EXPLORE THE LIMINAL SPACES OF HER MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY, ESSENCE OF BEING, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
E L E V A T E
MANAL SHOUKAIR (B. 1992, LOS ANGELES) IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES IN DETROIT, MI. WHILE PURSUING HER BFA, TRAVELING ABROAD TO PLACES SUCH AS ZIMBABWE AND LATER THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, HELPED TO NARROW HER FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, SCULPTURE AND SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION.THESE MODES OF PRACTICE ENABLE SHOUKAIR TO EXPLORE THE LIMINAL SPACES OF HER MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY, ESSENCE OF BEING, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
TONY RAVE - FAMILY MATTERS A SPECIAL ONE NIGHT INSTALLATION WHERE RAVE ADDRESSES NOSTALGIA, PROPAGANDA, AND INNCOENCE THROUGH A SERIES OF FOUND OBJECTS ROOTED IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY.
FAMILY MATTERS
TONY RAVE IS A VISUAL ARTIST BASED IN DETROIT, MI. RAVE'S WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN DETROIT, CHICAGO, AND NEW YORK. NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE THE PURGE, KING OF BROKEN HEARTS, AND POLITICS AS USUAL. HIS WORK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT, DETROIT INSITIUITE OF ARTS, THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION, AND THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION.
