On view September 6 - October 27

Artist Talk: September 21. 12-1 PM

Artists: David Ese Gagoh, Vik Horpudottir, John Wright ii

To exist is to possess an objective reality, an obligatory continuation of time spent on this earth by our ancestors. To live is to honor. AS individuals proud to find sanctuary in the African Diaspora, histories of resistance and rebellion influence and construct every single decision we make. We are alive, and with our predecessors watching over us, togetherness and acceptance is key to survival. The pain of existence is as great an adversary as the world around one.

Is my hair free flowing, or has the moon taken control of its movement. Has god planned every minute thought, or are my ideologies my own. The absence of free will as a coping strategy haunts one's view of creation. Predestination reattributes the individual's successes to an external being, stripping…