BLACK AESTHETICS: BRIFREÍ, MEADOW LE'ELLE, PINK TACOS
Curated by Malcom-x Betts and Nile Harris
Fri, November 4, 2022
8:00 - 11:00 pm
FREE
BRIEFREI / MEADOW LE ELLE / PINKTACOS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 8PM
BriFrei, Meadow Le Elle, & PinkTacos will come together as individuals to accent and celebrate “Black Aesthetics' in Grace Exhibition Space. Forming a collective for the night but these artists are no strangers to collaborating with one another. The curated artists have unique sounds and practices blending Sounds, Vocals, performance and fashion. Compromised of but not limited to dancers, punk vocalists, & rappers. These underground artists are rising to the possibilities.
BLACK AESTHETICS: For the month of November, Malcolm-x Betts (@malcolmxbetts) and Nile Harris (@nileharris) will transform Grace Exhibition Space into a world of possibility happen. Focusing on visual offerings, the artist(s) will make and unmake installations around their ongoing collaboration. Inspired by nothing but inspired by everything the question is “Why are you here, can’t you see me?”.
BRIFREÍ
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.
Subscribe to their Spotify and Apple Music. Would recommend “Pink Gucci”.
BLACK AESTHETICS: For the month of November, Malcolm-x Betts (@malcolmxbetts) and Nile Harris (@nileharris) will transform Grace Exhibition Space into a world of possibility happen. Focusing on visual offerings, the artist(s) will make and unmake installations around their ongoing collaboration. Inspired by nothing but inspired by everything the question is “Why are you here, can’t you see me?”.
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
Grace Exhibition Space follows the We Have a Voice Collectives Code of Conduct to Promote Safe(r) Workplaces in the Performing Arts For more information and resources, visit: www.wehavevoice.org
