Slowed and Throwed
March 05 - June 07,2020
a two-part interdisciplinary exhibition orbiting around the legacy of the late Houston legend DJ Screw. The first section of Slowed and Throwed features unconventional photography and new media produced by strategies paralleling the musical methods of the innovative DJ. Serving as the physical and conceptual core of Slowed and Throwed is a nesting exhibition of DJ Screw archival materials. Slowed and Throwed is curated by Patricia Restrepo, Exhibitions Manager and Assistant Curator at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; alongside guest curators Big Bubb, Owner of Screwed Up Records & Tapes; and E.S.G., rapper and member of the Screwed Up Click. The exhibition’s research advisors are Julie Grob, Coordinator for Instruction and Curator of Houston Hip Hop Research Collection at the University of Houston Libraries, and Rocky Rockett, independent hip hop educator. Participating artists: B. Anele, Rabéa Ballin, Tay Butler, Jimmy Castillo, Jamal Cyrus, Robert Hodge, Shana Hoehn, Tomashi Jackson, Ann Johnson, Devin Kenny, Liss LaFleur, Karen Navarro, Ayana Jolivet McCloud, Sondra Perry, and Charisse Pearlina Weston B. Anele, Rabéa Ballin, Tay Butler, Jimmy Castillo, Jamal Cyrus, Robert Hodge, Shana Hoehn, Tomashi Jackson, Ann Johnson, Devin Kenny, Liss LaFleur, Karen Navarro, Ayana Jolivet McCloud, Sondra Perry, and Charisse Pearlina Weston
Learn more about the exhibition Slowed and Throwed: Records of the City Through Mutated Lenses with CAMH’s Exhibitions Manager and Assistant Curator, Patricia Restrepo and a visual artist featured in the exhibition—Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud. Tune in to our YouTube channel for the video premiere of this conversation about the two-part interdisciplinary exhibition that orbits around the legacy of the late Houston legend DJ Screw. CAMH's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgSYBMr5a-uPIPjtaea_AA?disable_polymer=true About Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud is a third generation artist based in Houston, Texas. She has participated in exhibitions and residencies throughout the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America. She studied Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Recurring themes in her work include: mapping land and space, a search for meaning rooted in the African diaspora, minimalism, sensation, and ritual. Space and time are also central to her art, with a unique focus on slowness, restraint, pauses, fragments, the margins and negative space.
Opening: March 05, 2020 | 6-9 pm
Lecture: March 06, 2020 | 12-1 pm
Lance Scott Walker, author of Houston Rap Tapes: An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop
Special event: March 07, 2020 | 2-4 pm
Open Studio | Community Remix. This Open Studio is led by CAMH’s Teen Council
Special event: March 17, 2020 | 2-4 pm
Bonus Open Studio | Representing My Home
Special event: March 18, 2020 | 2-4 pm
Bonus Open Studio | Appropriate, Mash-Up and Mutate
Special event: February 19, 2020 | 2-4 pm
Bonus Open Studio | Magnetic Portraiture
Performance: April 16, 2020 | 6-7 pm
20Hertz | 'dando with Devin Kenny
Performance: April 21, 2020 | 6-8 pm
Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.)—E.S.G, Lil’ Flip, and Will-Lean
Artist talk: March 07, 2020 | 11-12 pm
In Conversation | Patricia Restrepo, CAMH Exhibitions Manager and Assistant Curator with artists Tay Butler, Robert Hodge, and Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud
Artist talk: May 28, 2020 | 6-7 pm
Virtual Artist Talk | Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud. See Calendar listing for online viewing.
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