BLACK AESTHETICS 4.0

Making, Organizing and Curating performance art since 1998

Grace Exhibition Space and Jill McDermid

Malcolm-X Betts curates a night of afro-punk performance art and music.

Grace Exhibition Space

<p>BriFrei, Meadow Le Elle, Kagé, and Pink Tacos will come together as individuals to accent and celebrate “Black Aesthetics’ in Grace Exhibition Space. Forming a collective for the night, the curated artists have unique expressions and practices blending sounds, vocals, performance, and fashion. Comprised of, but not limited to, dancers, punk vocalists, &amp; rappers, these underground artists are rising to the possibilities.</p>

Agenda

Bronx native BriFreí is a performative creator driven by spiritual expansion. Using her performative art practice as a means to maintain physical spiritual and mental health, she creates space for free-flowing movement and intense vocalizations in her works. Art has become her catalyst for transmuting today’s sadness or rage into tomorrow’s imagined acts of love and liberation. Abandoning the idea of limitations, her performances are often fully drenched in her eccentric creations like her handmade garbs & accessories. Whether accompanied by instrumentalists or original sounds, BriFrei’s whimsical & tragic acts invite you on a wild healing experience.

BRIFREI

Meadow Le'Elle is an American vagabond and seeker of obscure sounds. Inspired by their travel, they take the viewer and listener on an intimate journey of syncopated chaos; expressed through operatic punk vocals, textured electronic beats and wild interpretive dance

MEADOW LE ELLE

A band, a brand. A representation of freedom and unity, a source of black empowerment, and a highlight for women being the garden of life. The combination of artistry Pink Tacos gather is a source of many different visual influences and genres. The vocalist duo “Proof and Yoda” use an orchestra of producers to get the unique sound they are searching for. Their sound called “rage” is similar to Xxxtentacion’s early releases. These students who mastered the craft and added their own presence to instrumentation are gifted. They’ve toured the east coast and made some stops along the west, and are currently playing locally and gaining traction for their next hit single.

PINK TACOS

Kagé is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York who believes art is a powerful means of communication. As a Black, queer, and autistic man, Kagé's is deeply rooted in his personal journey of self-discovery. He creates art that inspires confidence and comfort in the face of life's challenges, drawing on nostalgia and innovative techniques to produce unique and thought-provoking pieces.

KAGÉ

Crackheadbarney is an anomaly, a coward, a harlot, a whore, and a sidepiece! She or he doesn’t know what the fuck she is doing half the fucking time and you know it and I know it! Shit writing this right here just proves it! But who Gives a FUCK! You don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a FUCK and neither do you! I just flailing my Ass, pUSSY, and Tits around because they are big enough to be in everybody’s faces? Crackheadbarney is not a performer, not a loud mouth, not a provocateur, is bad with words and has not business performing in the streets of NYC!

CRACKHEAD BARNEY

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