Thursday, February 28, 7:30–9:30pm
Presented by Gabbah Baya
Max 50 participants
Free

Multimedia artist Gabbah Baya will give a brief presentation of her new work, the photo-text project Contested: On Blackness. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion.

Born in 1994 and raised in West Palm Beach Florida, Gabbah Baya has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Their upbringing as an Arab American in the United States informs their art through creating alternative narratives and immersive digital environments. As an interdisciplinary worker—using sound, video, and 3D animation—Gabbah Baya develops a world where multifaceted, sometimes contradictory, realities exist simultaneously. Drawing on issues of intersectionality, they form hyperreal spaces to address gender, race, and international politics. Deconstructing hegemonic symbols, Gabbah Baya recontextualizes them in the visual vernacular of video games into new spatial, visual, and sonic realities. These realities ultimately critique U.S. perception of the Middle East, using technology to reassert agency and subvert narratives of social and political power.

Accessibility information for this event: WCCW has a 36” wide ramp at our front entrance and a stairway with 8 steps and a rail. There are 2 gender neutral restrooms. One restroom is wheelchair accessible, with a handrail. We provide scent free soaps and encourage guests to attend our events scent free. If you require ASL interpretation, CART, interpretation for a language other than English, supervised childcare, or have any other access needs or questions, please contact [email protected] at least two weeks in advance. It is our practice to do everything we can to create a safe and accessible space.