Foundations
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 21:00 on Thursday, 11 September, with a DJ night featuring Shannen SP and a line-up of local and international artists.
CEL
CEL is a Black, female art collective founded by interdisciplinary artists Shannen SP and GLOR1A. Their collaboration started in 2020 as part of the collective Nine Nights TV, 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. CEL is a newly formed collective that focuses 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. CEL aims to support Black and diaspora artists in building a new ecosystem that enables artists to thrive in the future.
