This World Is Not My Own

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Traces the lifespan of Nellie Mae Rowe, who struggled to dedicate her life to art while exploring personal and political events of her era

In conjunction with James Allister Sprang's exhibition Rest Within the Wake, Indigo Arts Alliance, ICA at MECA&amp;D, and SPACE have come together to co-present the screening of the feature film, This World is Not My Own, directed by Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell.Over four acts, this special film traces the lifespan of Nellie Mae Rowe, who struggled to dedicate her life to art while exploring the personal and political events that shaped her singular body of work. This World is Not My Own mixes traditional documentary techniques with animations and scripted scenes shot in intricately detailed sets to bring her dynamic story to life.And don’t forget to visit James Allister Sprang’s solo exhibition, Rest Within the Wake on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art &amp; Design. Sprang’s multi-sensory exhibition features textual elements, wall-based multimedia work, advanced spatial audio technologies, and an orchestral score written “60 feet beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea.” Composed while Sprang was pursuing a scuba certification off the coast of Belize, the Rest Within the Wake score and exhibition recreate the experience of a deep-water descent and its physical, metaphysical, and historical associations. The exhibit is view through April 6, 2024, learn more <a href="https://www.meca.edu/about/institute-of-contemporary-art/currently-on-view-2/restwithinthewake/" title="https://www.meca.edu/about/institute-of-contemporary-art/currently-on-view-2/restwithinthewake/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.Co-presented by Indigo Arts Alliance, SPACE, and Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art and Design. Supported in part by TD Bank Foundation through a MECA&amp;D Student Life Diversity Mini-Grants.

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