13/4/2014
Jc Lenochan
Chashama, New York
The last classroom: a reference laboratory. Books, sculpture, photography, sound, video etc. in a library/classroom environment...
Jc Lenochan will use installation and performance as an interactive research based laboratory to engage the public in discussions surrounding pedagogical issues such as racial mythology, ethnological hybridity and cultural value as a process of decolonization.
The public will be immersed with transformational reference material including books, sculpture, photography, sound, video etc. in a library/classroom environment and have the opportunity to research, react and respond via notepads, chalkboards and/or dialogue. This experience will challenge the public to critically examine their own epistemological perspective and concerns about race, history, culture and miscegenation in a post colonial/post institutional context.
There will be three window performances with special guest lecturer Professor “what is so” on April 17th (titled: the process deschooling the mind), April 18th (titled: the gift and task of “new humans”) and April 19th, (title: the fear of post-whiteness).
JC Lenochan has been the recipient of numerous awards including grants, residencies and fellowships which most recently include the Geraldine Dodge Foundation Grant 2009, the Pollack Krasner Grant 2010-2011, Newark Museum Residence 2011, Franklin Furnace Grant 2011-2012 in NYC, the Elizabeth Foundation Fellowship 2012, the Puffin Foundation Grant 2013, the Robert Blackburn Fellowship 2013 in NYC, Art in Odd Places 2013 and the Fountainhead Residence in Miami 2014.
Chashama
266 West 37th Street - New York, NY
Hours:
April 14 - April 20, 11 am-5 pm
April 21 - 30, 3 - 8 pm
Performances on April 17 -19 at 5 pm each day