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Film School will be participating in Night Out In the Parks with the Chicago Parks District! We will be screening three silent films, inspired by the absence of sound and rich visual compositions of film works by Black artists from the early 1900s. This performance series invites native Chicagoan poets and sound makers to fill in the gaps. Joining us for these fillings are Norman Long, whose work centers on walking, listening, improvising, performing, teaching, field recording, and exploring memory, place, ecology, and race; Xris Espinosa, who uses art as a language of space and encoded archetypes to explore the subconscious and determination of alter-destiny; and Imani Elizabeth Jackson, a poet working across disciplines, with particular attention to Black ecologies, histories, and intertextual practices.

Come through, bring a blanket or lounge chair or be free and stretch out on the grass. Be prepared to dance to the many sounds of Chicago before and after the screening to a set by ADOTJDOT featuring other vintage and contemporary Chicago imagery. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @israrene

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photos of me made with the loving eyes of a few friends ~

i am in a space of transition and am requiring the assistance of friends, family, and loved ones. with so much chaos swirling around us, i am grateful for this little world of sweetness that i find myself surrounded by 🌐 any support is welcomed 🩵

[LINK IN BIO]

#1: seen by KSR
#2: seen by @zxnicl
#3: seen by @duckiegabe
#4: seen by @jupiter.brown
#5: seen by @lil_sunchoke
#6: seen by @almalindg
#7: seen by @o.laflamme
#8: seen by @jsbxse
#9: seen by @cherub.jpeg
#10: seen by @middlenamejanae by @israrene

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screaming—wailing—hollering—whooping—grunting—murmuring—howling—cooing—crooning—whining—

•sonic interruption turned sonic appendage turned aphonic fodder•

i went back and forth and forth and forth and back of how to give words to something that is speechless, horridly and beautifully so. i’ve learned so much about gesturing, about whispering, about non verbal senses of communication from my grandma, her name was Lila but we all call her Lollipop. i soften so much to the sonics of Linda Sharrock because i hear so much of my grandma’s voice in the absences of her vocality. here is a piece •link in bio• that i wrote about the architectures of whispering and the dialects of absence ~ as always, let me know what you think or simply, listen to the halting ballads of Linda Sharrock today

Thank you @public_parking and all who took a moment helping me knead this piece into what it is. And most importantly, thank you Lila and Linda for teaching me ways of being ~

photo: Linda Sharrock from The Wire Issue 130 December 1994 by @israrene

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Notes from VEGA: AJ McClenon is our message in a bottle steadfastly floating in our direction, will you receive it? thank you aj for your loving kindness. thank you gervais for your honesty and generosity. thank you sixty for offering us a playground. #linkinbio

image credit //
slide1: A.J. McClenon, Positive Looping of Integral Retrieval (PLIR) Study, 2021. Casting net, black T-shirts, durags, watches/clocks, fishing cord, rocks, glass bottles, and green lightbulb. Dimensions Vary. Various items tied up in a net in the middle of a hexagon shape made from rocks and green string set on a black floor. Photo by Arda Asena, courtesy of curator Gervais Marsh.

slide2: A.J. McClenon, Wormhole Freedom Study: Ancestral Joy Hopping, 2021. Crabbasket, dolls. Dimensions Vary. Doll limbs suspended in a light blue netting. Photo by Arda Asena, courtesy of curator Gervais Marsh.

slide3: A.J. McClenon, Wormhole Freedom Study: Ancestral Joy Hopping, 2021. Hair extensions inside crabbaskets, and fishing cord. Dimensions vary. Photo by Arda Asena, courtesy of curator Gervais Marsh. taken in deepsense by @israrene

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“what if i give you all day?” these days i’ve been taking it slow. arriving back to myself with every countertop i wipe down and every sheet that i fold. i’ve been taking a little longer to get out of bed, reveling in my morning tea, hand washing every dish, sweeping the corners of the sunroom… everyday, praying to my grandmother and great aunts and praying over my cat. all of these everyday somewhat benign rituals fortify my tether to this place be it in a physical way or in an emotional way. they have loosely become a ceremony of stillness, an animistic language, a way for me to remain ~ ive been reading this piece from alexis pauline gumbs about the god of/in everyday and i’ve been floored each time. just wanted to share here.. and always inviting your thoughts and feelings

(1) excerpt from “the god of everyday”
(2) excerpt from “the god of everyday”
(3) a poem by alexis pauline gumbs entitled “awusi” for the god of saturday within an Akan concept of god
(4) the first paragraph of alice walkers “everyday use”
(5) lyrics from a song by johnnie frierson “have you been good to yourself” spotify chopped the lyrics — the correct flow is “have you been good to yourself / have you been getting your proper rest / have you been sleepin at least 8 hours / …….” the essence is still there though taken in Everyday Angel by @israrene

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*** hey black child 🖤 do you know who you are? …..really?

i know that my first memories of love are tenderly held within my experiences of being a baby usher. feelings of joy and importance radiated through me every sunday ushering my folks onwards. i carry a formation of this love practice with me to this day. in reverence of the late bell hooks, in honor of useni eugene perkins, in gratitude for the ushers in our lives and all of our teachers of love ….this is for you.

performing a love letter to the child in you and in me this saturday, feb 12 around 8pm at @nonationartlab

i’ll be performing alongside some dreams
@blownoutbussy
@lynzotheheartthrob
@nothingrhymeswith.lynn
@fagette4life_
@jupiter.brown
@carissa_explains_most

heart,isra by @israrene

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