In Contemplation of Freedom Event Series

@sweetcookiemonsta models for our July 11th installment of In Contemplation of Freedom

In Contemplation of Freedom: It began with some questions.

Is freedom something that is gifted or taken? Does freedom truly exist in this material world and if so where do we find it? Or is it a feeling and experience we discover? 

The exploration of these questions led to 9 of us deciding that we wanted to explore these questions with the larger community.

The team celebrating the close of the season long event.

So for 4 months, we transformed Repair the World on Nostrand Avenue into a maroon space in the center of rapidly gentrifying Crown Heights.

We didn’t want to only talk to our friends so we literally pulled folks off the streets and into an experience where they could ponder this one question:

What does freedom mean to you?

In addition to the community-collaged freedom wall, the other walls featured art pieces by both established and emerging artists - all contemplating the idea of Freedom.

Apollo Flowerchild - music.

Cheryl Browne - plant collage.

Delano Burrowes - performance.

Aisha Tandiwe Bell - sculpture.

Kay Hickman - photography.

Tiffany Lobban Martin - performance.

Warner Sabio - collage and set design.

Shanna Sabio - mixed media.

Donald C. Shorter Jr. - film.

Merisa Skinner - sketches.

@sweetcookiemonsta - performance.

Jech Waters - music.

We also hosted political candidate Adem Bunkeddeko who talked about his candidacy for Congress.

We’re planning on anniversarying (not sure it was a real word until now) this event every Juneteenth.

ICOF co-curator Delano Burrowes and Adem Bunkeddeko on our step and repeat.