NLE Curatorial Lab is pleased to present
(after)care
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 9: No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab (NLE Lab) is pleased to present (after)care, a site-responsive exhibition and series of programs in Room CG-95 at NYC Health+Hospitals/Kings County in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The exhibition opens Saturday, June 1, 2019, with a reception from 12 to 5 pm. At 12:30 pm in front of CG-95, representatives of the Lenape Center will hold a ceremony to welcome visitors to the Land of the Lenape, Lenapehoking, and to initiate the (after)care program with a blessing and land acknowledgment that offers respect to the indigenous peoples upon whose land our work takes place. From 4 – 5pm in the outdoor plaza between D & C Buildings, Muziksteel Productions — Steel pan master Earl Brooks Jr. and djembe drum player Zephaniah Hodge — will play a wide variety of Pop, Soul, R&B, hip-hop, and Caribbean Beats.
(after)care re-envisions a former emergency waiting room, a space often associated with anxiety and fear, as a site of remembrance, possibility, and celebration of radical care—both within and beyond hospital walls. The exhibition takes its name from the process of transitioning out of institutional medical care and back into one’s home and community. Looking beyond the constraints of traditional healthcare systems, the artists in (after)care expand definitions of care in the present, while memorializing the failures of the past and moving towards a more radical future. The exhibition is curated by the2019 NLE Lab: Amalie Frederiksen, Maleke Glee, Lillian Hanan Al-Bilali, Sofia Jamal, Katrina D. Jeffries, Fang Yu Lee, Shimrit Lee, Julie Yunhee Moon, Ogemdi Ude, and Margot Yale.
Acknowledging that care for oneself and for others can be a radical act, the exhibition brings together artists and practitioners whose work moves away from notions of wellness as individualistic and commercial, and illness as short-lived and deficient. (after)care features works by Pamella Allen, Bobby Anspach, Quinci Baker, Chloë Bass, Damien Davis, Diane Exavier, Kearra Amaya Gopee, Charlie Gross, Kathryn Ko, Taja Lindley, Jenny Polak, Malik Roberts, Sol Sax, Tattfoo Tan, Larry Weekes, and Ezra Wube. Working in a variety of media, including video, installation, writing, painting, photography, printed matter, and mixed media, the artists in (after)care take an expansive approach to care.
The work of Damien Davis, Malik Roberts, and Sol’Sax bring the invisible to the foreground, examining the burden of non-recognition and trauma within the medical system. The work of Pamella Allen, Quinci Baker, Kearra Amaya Gopee, Charlie Gross, Taja Lindley, and Larry Weekes address accounts of survival and amplify a fabric of care that is everyday, collaborative, and generative. Participatory and community-engaged works by Bobby Anspach, Chloë Bass, Diane Exavier, Kathryn Ko, Tattfoo Tan and Ezra Wube navigate towards a future of collective survival and joy.
A series of public programs will engage with modes of holistic wellness and dialogue to center practices of care that exist outside of the Medical Industrial Complex. Free, public programs throughout the course of the exhibition will focus on themes of mental health and accessibility, professional development for Flatbush artists, and exhibition tours provided by NLE Lab curators and NLE’s Youth Exhibition Makers (Y.Ex).
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(after)care
Website
Press Release
BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 9: No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab (NLE Lab) is pleased to present (after)care, a site-responsive exhibition and series of programs in Room CG-95 at NYC Health+Hospitals/Kings County in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The exhibition opens Saturday, June 1, 2019, with a reception from 12 to 5 pm. At 12:30 pm in front of CG-95, representatives of the Lenape Center will hold a ceremony to welcome visitors to the Land of the Lenape, Lenapehoking, and to initiate the (after)care program with a blessing and land acknowledgment that offers respect to the indigenous peoples upon whose land our work takes place. From 4 – 5pm in the outdoor plaza between D & C Buildings, Muziksteel Productions — Steel pan master Earl Brooks Jr. and djembe drum player Zephaniah Hodge — will play a wide variety of Pop, Soul, R&B, hip-hop, and Caribbean Beats.
(after)care re-envisions a former emergency waiting room, a space often associated with anxiety and fear, as a site of remembrance, possibility, and celebration of radical care—both within and beyond hospital walls. The exhibition takes its name from the process of transitioning out of institutional medical care and back into one’s home and community. Looking beyond the constraints of traditional healthcare systems, the artists in (after)care expand definitions of care in the present, while memorializing the failures of the past and moving towards a more radical future. The exhibition is curated by the2019 NLE Lab: Amalie Frederiksen, Maleke Glee, Lillian Hanan Al-Bilali, Sofia Jamal, Katrina D. Jeffries, Fang Yu Lee, Shimrit Lee, Julie Yunhee Moon, Ogemdi Ude, and Margot Yale.
Acknowledging that care for oneself and for others can be a radical act, the exhibition brings together artists and practitioners whose work moves away from notions of wellness as individualistic and commercial, and illness as short-lived and deficient. (after)care features works by Pamella Allen, Bobby Anspach, Quinci Baker, Chloë Bass, Damien Davis, Diane Exavier, Kearra Amaya Gopee, Charlie Gross, Kathryn Ko, Taja Lindley, Jenny Polak, Malik Roberts, Sol Sax, Tattfoo Tan, Larry Weekes, and Ezra Wube. Working in a variety of media, including video, installation, writing, painting, photography, printed matter, and mixed media, the artists in (after)care take an expansive approach to care.
The work of Damien Davis, Malik Roberts, and Sol’Sax bring the invisible to the foreground, examining the burden of non-recognition and trauma within the medical system. The work of Pamella Allen, Quinci Baker, Kearra Amaya Gopee, Charlie Gross, Taja Lindley, and Larry Weekes address accounts of survival and amplify a fabric of care that is everyday, collaborative, and generative. Participatory and community-engaged works by Bobby Anspach, Chloë Bass, Diane Exavier, Kathryn Ko, Tattfoo Tan and Ezra Wube navigate towards a future of collective survival and joy.
A series of public programs will engage with modes of holistic wellness and dialogue to center practices of care that exist outside of the Medical Industrial Complex. Free, public programs throughout the course of the exhibition will focus on themes of mental health and accessibility, professional development for Flatbush artists, and exhibition tours provided by NLE Lab curators and NLE’s Youth Exhibition Makers (Y.Ex).
View Exhibition Brochure
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Photos by Shannel Resto