The Locker Room

The Locker Room takes the playing field as both setting and metaphor, drawing connections between the language of football and that of trap
About this Event

The Locker Room takes the playing field as both setting and metaphor, drawing connections between the language of football and that of trap, rap, drill and grime. Locker-room benches, muddy boots, AstroTurf and a scoreboard recast the gallery as a space structured by competition, allegiance and collective identity. Here, being “outside” becomes its own kind of sport: one shaped by positions, teams, territories and the constant negotiation of belonging. Through these overlapping languages, Jefferson considers the realities facing young Black men growing up within inner-city communities, while foregrounding the wit and inventiveness through which these experiences are articulated and transformed through music.