Foundations
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An artist-led, live event series that uses music, performance and discussion to explore alternative futures
Foundations begins a long-term, touring project by art collective CEL. CEL’s aim is to platform Black art, music and creative activism in new ways and thereby foster alternative ecosystems for artists to thrive. Their live event series, presented by LAS Art Foundation at CANK, invites us to consider alternative futures through DJ-nights, performances, workshops and talks. Led by multidisciplinary artists Shannen SP and GLOR1A, CEL grows out of the exhibition Nine Nights: Channel B, which they co-presented at the ICA London in 2021.
"We are an autonomous space carved from the Black imagination, a travelling, mutating cell that can be activated anywhere in the world. With Foundations, we aim to launch the first module of an ongoing and international project exploring Black futurity and creative resistance. [...]"
— CEL
Event Information
Foundations launches at 19:00 on Thursday, 11 September, with a DJ night featuring Shannen SP and a line-up of local and international artists.
CEL
CEL is a newly formed Black, female art collective founded by interdisciplinary artists Shannen SP and GLOR1A. Their collaboration grew out of the exhibition Nine Nights: Channel B at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 2021, where they worked to platform Black culture in response to the persistent undervaluing of Black lives, the growing protest movements and the pandemic’s impact on nightlife and live music. As CEL, they focus on Black art preservation and resistance, tackling systemic racial inequalities in the arts and the global music industry by exploring new modes of artistic empowerment.
