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Meera Shakti Osborne “Hold Me Close (the forest is full of police)” at Peer, London

Meera Shakti Osborne “Hold Me Close (the forest is full of police)” at Peer, London

“One cannot write poems about trees when the forest is full of police.”—Bertolt Brecht “Hold Me Close (the forest is full of police)” is a newly commissioned exhibition comprising painting, sound, installation and zines from London-based artist Meera Shakti Osborne. The project is the artist’s first major solo exhibition and marks the culmination of their […]

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A Project Honoring Victims of Police Violence Is Going Cross-Country

A Project Honoring Victims of Police Violence Is Going Cross-Country

In 2022, the Brooklyn-based arts nonprofit WORTHLESSSTUDIOS hosted 1-800 Happy Birthday, a posthumous tribute to 12 Black and Brown individuals killed by police. Created by San Francisco-based artist Mohammad Gorjestani, the project initially began in 2020 as a voicemail initiative that allowed people to leave and listen to messages for the victims on their birthdays.

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