Black Venus in Syracuse this Friday & Saturday
Syracuse University’s Office of the Performing Arts Presenter and Art and Civic Dialog present
The Venus Project, An Open Rehearsal of Music, Song and Visual Projections
by Composer Philip Miller and Artist Carrie Mae Weems
joined by Director, Talvin Wilks, Author Rachel Holmes and the Syracuse Opera Resident Artists
Friday 10-1 p.m.
Saturday 12-1:30 p.m.
Friday is more like [...]
Review of Abdellatif Kechiche’s Venus Noire
(Wow–I tried to get tickets for the NYFF screenings when they went on sale today at noon but by 12:04 both shows were sold out! If anyone out there has an extra ticket for either screening on October 7 or 9 please let me know! I waited on the phone and was able to get [...]
Please let me be somewhere this is showing when it’s released
I can’t wait.
From Shadow and Act:
a shot of Yahima Torres, star of Black Venus (Venus Noire), French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche’s film centered on the story of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, otherwise derogatorily known as the Hottentot Venus.
Gathering Together
(Their website is not yet updated with this current exhibition, so there are no images. Apparently Thames has some recent Hottentot-based works.)
The Kravets/Wehby Gallery is pleased to announce Gathering Together a group exhibition of new work by Asad Faulwell, Yuliya Lanina, Ebony Patterson and Felandus Thames opening on Thursday, June 3 and running through July [...]
Venus symposium videos available online
VENUS 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot,” An Interdisciplinary Symposium – Welcome from NYU Photography and Imaging on Vimeo.
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