gabrielle goliath: chorus, curated by assistant curator, emily edwards, will be on view at dc this weekend 25 september - 19 march 2023. upon opening, join us for a meaningful conversation between goliath and director of the center for experimental ethnography deborah thomas on sunday, 25 september at 1:00 pm. register your (free) admission in our bio . a note of care: this is a work of mourning. whilst you will not be confronted with scenes of violence, images of abjection or horror, you are nonetheless asked to presence yourself within a commemorative space, to participate within a sonic vigil, calling to remembrance black, brown, femme and queer lives, lost to the crisis of femicide in south africa . gabrielle goliath was born in kimberley, south africa. the conditions of hope that underscore the social encounters of her work as for what she terms a life-work of mourning – or “to imagine and seek to realize the world otherwise is to bear with us those lost to or still surviving an order of violence we hope to and must transform.” . deborah a. thomas is the r. jean brownlee professor of anthropology, and the director of the center for experimental ethnography at the university of pennsylvania. she is also a research associate with the visual identities in art and design research centre at the university of johannesburg . images: 1. portrait of gabrielle goliath by anthea pockroy 2. gabrielle goliath, chorus, 2021, 2-channel video & sound installation, goodman gallery cape town. photo by hayden phipps