Kameelah Janan Rasheed
all velvet sentences as manifesto, Like a lesson against smooth language or an invitation to be feral hypertext
January 23 – March 23, 2024
We are Emerson College’s platform for showcasing contemporary visual art.
Our focus is on presenting living artists, their ideas, experiments, and creative practices in the areas of media art, performance art, and emergent technologies, while critically examining these works in their social context. Our in-depth engagement with the temporary exhibitions and related public programming is based on the principle that artistic practice is an intellectual activity and works of art are a form of knowledge production.
Coming Up Next
WRITING WiTH WORD GAMEs
Kameelah J. Rasheed
Get out of your way and learn to write with games, constraints, and algorithms. The workshop’s purpose is not to create a perfect piece of writing; rather, it is an invitation to get a bit feral and messy as we pull language into our orbit.
** New Date: Writing Workshop: February 26, 2-4pm
Kameelah J. Rasheed
Rasheed will offer a live annotation of her keynote lecture at the CODEX Foundation conference and responds to past and future versions of herself in conversation with ideas of translation, wayward writing, and spirit writing.
February 27, 2024, 6-7:30PM
exhibitions
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
A conversation with artist-in-residence Kameelah J. Rasheed
Artist-in-residence Kameelah J. Rasheed discusses her exhibition, the inspiration behind her work, and her findings from studying writing and language.
Student Artist Spotlight: Susie-Jane Wilson
Susie-Jane Wilson is a BCE major and installation fellow at Emerson Contemporary, graduating in 2024. This interview was conducted by Maddie Browning, a journalism major and digital marketing coordinator. 1….
Student Artist Spotlight: Bobby Wu
Bobby Wu is a VMA major at Emerson College, graduating in 2024. This interview was conducted by Chenyue (Chloe) Yang, a VMA major and marketing fellow at Emerson Contemporary. 1….
Student Artist Spotlight: Lucy Spangler
Lucy Spangler is a journalism major at Emerson College, graduating in 2025. This interview was conducted by Saela Phillips, a VMA major and marketing fellow at Emerson Contemporary. 1. What…
Emilio Rojas: The Intersections Between Art, Politics, and Understanding
By Maddie Browning A man carries a pillow across the U.S. for seven years. He sleeps on it every night, remembering when his uncle drew his last breath on the…
“Threads Undone” Artist Interview: Jenn Pipp
Interested in learning more about the artists on display at Emerson Contemporary‘s Media Art Gallery? Read about Jenn Pipp and her work “The Great Big.” Who or what inspires your…
“Threads Undone” Artist Interview: Rochelle Pascale
Interested in learning more about the artists on display at Emerson Contemporary‘s Media Art Gallery? Read about Rochelle Pascale and her work, “Wildfires.” 1) What do you do as an…