Art in the Underground 2024/25
Art in the Underground 2024/25
Nächster Beitrag

Project 

Adrian Marie Blount,
Basics of Care

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Privat

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Privat

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation, Cat Jones, Papa De, Adrian Marie Blount © Silke Briel

Through a visual collage made from repurposed images, Adrian Marie Blount's billboard encourages those who are on their daily commutes to engage in the recentering of Black queer love, softness, care.


It aims to promote the act of fantasizing or imaginary building while existing in spaces that are structurally inaccessible or violent to those with intersecting identities.


On several afternoons in July, subtle durational Spatial Activation of love and care between two or three dark-skinned Black queer bodies take place at and near the U Nollendorfplatz.


"This is not a spectacle. This is a representation that despite policy in place to erase us, despite the global white supremacist cancer of hate, despite propaganda intended to spread false narratives about us that lead to our disposal, we are still here with the profound ability to love and care for each other."


The Spatial Activations unfolds in four chapters:

Day 1: OVERTURE: THE IMAGINARY

Day 2: PLAY DAY

Day 3: BOOKS AND READING

Day 4: LOVE LANGUAGE


Performer: Adrian Marie Blount with Cat Jones and Papa De

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Adrian Marie Blount, Basics of Care © Adrian Marie Blount

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Adrian Marie Blount, Basics of Care © Adrian Marie Blount

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Privat

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Basics of Care, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments © Privat

REMEMBER to STAY IN THE IMAGINARY


What is the imaginary? It’s the world YOU CREATE to feel safe. It’s the land of pure imagination where what you see could defy explanation. So, if something takes you out of the imaginary you must activate what we’ve discussed and explored through rehearsals to bring each other back into the imaginary. This is what we do on a daily basis for survival. In order to not fall into complete nihilism and agoraphobia.

(Adrian Marie Blount)

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel

Art in the Underground 2024/25

Basics of Care, Spatial Activation © Silke Briel