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Join artist Michael Rakowitz (Chicago, IL) in Cleveland on September 25th & 26th as he and core collaborators begin to erase the color orange from the city.
In the 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice by Cleveland police, the 12-year-old boy was holding a toy gun with its orange safety cap removed. A Color Removed is a participatory project that responds to this tragedy with the accumulation of orange items in order to prompt viewers to consider how it feels to live in a society where the right to safety has been visually displaced. Clothing, toys, sports equipment, and household items will be catalogued and displayed at SPACES from July to September 2018, and will serve as a forum for fearless listening during FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.
The first step to removing the color orange from Cleveland and suspending its future use formally begins with a public letter writing campaign this month. Participants will grapple with questions of racial equity and safety, affecting policy through the public expression of grief, creating solidarity for a more peaceful city, and collectively redressing extrajudicial force against people of color.
DETAILS
Monday, September 25, 2017
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
SPACES (2900 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113)
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
FRONT Porch at the PNC Glenville Arts Campus (1470 E 105th St, Cleveland, OH 44106)
The letter writing workshops are FREE and open to the public, but you must RSVP, as space is limited. Please send an email to cvassallo@SPACESgallery.org with "A Color Removed RSVP" in the subject line to reserve your seat. Note which day you will attend in the body of the email.
Please note that future workshops will take place at locations throughout Cleveland, in the lead up to the July 2018 exhibition at SPACES.
Visiting SPACES
SPACES is open to the public on Weds-Sat 12-5 PM
SPACES has stops from busses 26 and 71 right out front.
22, 25, 45, and 51 all also stop nearby at West 25 and Detroit.
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