GASPAR YANGA
2017-2021 & 2022
Forest for the Trees at Railspur July 21-24
Seattle, WA
MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
JULY 23 8pm Railspur 3rd floor
GASPAR YANGA is a Black Liberation based evolving multimedia collaboration, born from RISE x FALL; between rubén garcía marrufo and maximiliano. Inspired by Gaspar Yanga, an enslaved African in Mexico, that escaped and formed a maroon society on what is now the state of Veracruz, the project takes from our mixed cultures as a border stranded mexican and an afro-chicanx artist, in the wake of empire. Weaving time collapsing narratives through video installation, site-specific sculpture compositions, and participatory performances as a means to explore new havens; in vain.
mononymously named, maximiliano, is a conceptual artist exploring a Black reclamation rococo multimedia mythos of themes & concepts of multiplicity & fluidity & race, blackness, pleasure, desirability, innocence, & imagination; digitally, physically, & communally.
ig: @thulsa_moon
rubén garcía marrufo is a border artist.
https://rubengarciamarrufo.com/
ig: @ruben_garciamarrufo
This first iteration of Gaspar Yanga, curated by Sharita Towne @ FFFT@ the Railspur Building in Seattle is supported by Black Art Ecology of Portland, The Ford Family Foundation, and the Oregon Community Foundation.
About this event
Forest For The Trees is taking over the historic RailSpur building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square for a 4 day, 70,000+ SQ art activation. Visitors will experience 8 floors of immersive installations, solo interventions, large group exhibitions and daytime live music in the historic neighborhood brick alley.
FFTT believes that artists play a vital role in the cultural ecosystems from which they grow, and aims to protect and expand their reach amid an ever-changing environment. We will be partnering with an array of artists and organizations that share these values with their respective communities. Our hope is to increase public accessibility and engagement with a diversity of work from emerging artists, both local and visiting.
Participating exhibitions include Forest For The Trees, Derek Bruno, Gaspar Yanga(rube, 12,143 curated by Axel Void, Howl curated by Lele Barnett & Amanda Manitach, Ancient As Time by Christopher Martin, and XO Seattle [XO Seattle Daily tickets sold separately]. its~Olafur-you+me by Christopher Derek Bruno & #GlitchGoddess by Marjan Moghaddam curated by Future Arts Co
FFTT will be located two blocks from Seattle Art Fair
Art-Performance-Drinks-Friends-Free
21+
Presented by:
RailSpur, Walsh Construction, A Black Art Ecology of Portland, Treadwell, Evergreen Gavekal, Sonder, Huxley Wallace, Georgetown Brewing, Liquid Death, The Stranger Seattle
Produced by:
ARTXIV