Join us on Saturday, July 26th, from 6-9 pm for a reception celebrating Pepón Osorio’s Jacob (Video detail of the installation reForm), and muthi reed’s it be your own people, both public video installations mounted at the historic Divine Lorraine building for Scribe Video Center’s North Philadelphia History Festival. Meet the artists and join us for light bites and pay-as-you-go cocktails courtesy of Sorellina and music by DJ Mike Nyce. This event is free to attend, but advance registration is required.

Pepón Osorio presents Jacob (2 minutes 9 seconds; loop) a site-specific video detail of reForm (2015), an exhibition and community project that became a testimony of collective frustration experienced by many after the abrupt closing of Fairhill Elementary School.

muthi reed presents, it be your own people (21 minutes; loop), a cinematic assembly of reference materials contextualizing the love needed to thrive particular to people in a city called Philadelphia, and even more particular to Black North Philadelphians.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:

The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) is a cultural celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican communities in North Philadelphia. Across four days, historic sites along Ridge Avenue, North Broad Street, and other locales will be transformed into living exhibits created by artists, historians, curators, and other cultural workers. These multimedia projects and events explore the emergence and impact of these communities in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Photography/Videography:

By attending this event, you consent to be photographed and/or filmed and authorize the use of your image in event-related materials. If you do not wish to be photographed, please notify event staff.

RECEPTION: Jacob (reForm) and it be your own people