Explore considerations for Black emancipatory practices in the museum in a new exhibition curated by Ingrid Jones
Centring Black scholarship, artistry, and embodied practices, Liberation in Four Movements traverses non-linear paths, inviting spillage and contemplation as we navigate narratives of dehumanization, ultimately arriving at meditations on states of humanity and freedom. The journey flows through the provocative lens of Fred Moten's query in "Blackness and Nothingness: Mysticism of the Flesh" of what it would mean for the enslaved to remain in the ship's hold. Within Moten's moment in the hold, the exhibition offers a hypothetical mix of shifting outcomes and potentialities yet to come, illuminating how to resist dehumanization through the power of action.
Curated by Ingrid Jones, Liberation in Four Movements features works by Erika DeFreitas, Ja’Tovia Gary, Amir George, Onyeka Igwe, Donna James, Elsa James, and Michaëlle Sergile.
This exhibition is presented by the Art Museum and is produced as part of the requirements for the Master of Visual Studies degree in Curatorial Studies at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto.
For more information about the exhibition and ancillary public programs, visit artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/liberation-in-four-movements/
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