Jank Museum, organized by curator Anaïs Duplan and the Center for Afrofuturist Studies at Public Space One, and presented by EFA Project Space investigates the idea of “jank,” speculating around objects made with limited resources to meet an immediate survival need. Taking cues from Adrian Piper in her essay, "The Joy of Marginality," Jank Museum invites artists who make work from the margins to center their own survival, persistence, and futurity.
Jank Museum features artists Kamari Carter and Lamar Robillard, who will be in residence at EFA Project Space for two weeks with public events on Dec. 4 and Dec. 17.
Location: EFA Project Space, 323 West 39th Street, New York, NY
Open Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12-6 PM, RSVP Required, and by Appointment.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Kamari Carter (b. 1992) is a producer, performer, sound designer, and installation artist primarily working with sound and found objects. Carter's practice circumvents materiality and familiarity through a variety of recording and amplification techniques to investigate notions such as space, systems of identity, oppression, control, and surveillance. Driven by the probative nature of perception and the concept of conversation and social science, he seeks to expand narrative structures through sonic stillness. Carter’s work has been exhibited at such venues as Automata Arts, MoMA, Mana Contemporary, Flux Factory, Fridman Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts, WaveHill and Issue Project Room, to name a few. Carter holds a BFA in Music Technology from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Sound Art from Columbia University.
(link: https://www.hausen.co/robillard text: Lamar Robillard) is a Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and educator whose work examines resistance, visibility, and spirituality as it relates to black materials and the Unfavoured American experience. Lamar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in sociology from CUNY, and a MFA in Art Practice from The School of Visual Arts. A major theme in Lamar’s work is the use of “black things” and found objects. Lamar’s work has been shown at Art Port Kingston, Bed-Stuy Art House, Welcome to Hausen Gallery, and Art Helix Gallery. Lamar has been featured on publications such as Office Magazine, Gothamist, and Art Port Kingston. Lamar will be featured in a group exhibition at Swivel Gallery entitled Hereditary opening December 21st, following Hereditary Lamar’s first Solo Exhibition is scheduled to open November 2022 at Swivel Gallery.