polyphonic lifeways; rhizomatic entanglements

Please join Cameron A. Granger and Sarah H. Cho for a screening of Granger’s Here & there along the echo and conversation on January 16th from 6:30-7:30pm. The film screening will be followed by a discussion about Granger’s use of speculative fiction and narrative building in imagining alternative futures and realities in defiance of legacies of compounding harm in Black and brown neighborhoods. In their discussion, Granger and Cho will expand upon themes of shared sorrows and struggles, pondering how Black and Asian solidarities can exist both in conjunction with adjacencies and beyond categorization. Through the framework of Granger’s films and artwork, this conversation examines how boundaries of identity – imposed, molded, reinforced, broken, and shared – can be reinterpreted and reshaped.

Participant Bios

Cameron A. Granger is an artist from Cleveland, Ohio, and Sandra’s son. A Ohio enthusiast, he makes work about the power structures that shape our cities, and how we make our lives therein. He’s an alumni of Euclid Public Schools. His most recent exhibition “9999” is currently on view at the Queens Museum in Queens, New York.

Sarah H. Cho (she/her) is an Assistant Curator at the Queens Museum where she collaborates with creatives and community partners. She is curating the upcoming exhibition Abang-guard: Makibaka and has curated Emilie L. Gossiaux: Other-Worlding and Cameron A. Granger: 9999. Previously she was at the Baltimore Museum of Art where she co-curated Beatrice Glow: Once the Smoke Clears and contributed to multiple exhibitions, collection reinstallations, and acquisitions.

Light refreshments will be provided.

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