We're so excited to announce we web keepers, a window exhibition by by artist, activist, educator, storyteller, and curator Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. @bluekaza⁠ ⁠ Within we web keepers, Lukaza explores the interconnected practices of collective survival and mutual aid that hold and sustain Black, Indigenous, queer, trans, non binary, people of color. The installation contains two layers of work: the first is a large-scale window painting with both written text and drawn patterns (roots, nets, webs, knots, mesh) superimposed against each other. In this overlapping there are moments of both chaos and clarity, legibility and camouflage, that invite viewers to consider the content of the text with a slowness and intentionality that honors the density of the ideas themselves.⁠ ⁠ The second layer, functioning as a bulletin board, is a series of 39 works on paper which will be added periodically to the St Marks Pl-facing window over the course of the installation. The works are double sided with painted text (including contributions from both Lukaza and others) facing the street and patterns facing into the bookstore. As the window becomes populated over time, two lattices will form—one an interconnectedness of paper and shape, and the other a linguistic framework and conceptual legacy that underpins the installation as a whole.⁠ ⁠ Lukaza’s unique works, affixed to the windows like flyers on a cork board, act not only as messages but also as markers of time. They invite a returning to and slow looking of this evolving site.⁠ ⁠ Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo is an artist, activist, educator, storyteller & curator who lives/works between Lisjan Ohlone Land [Oakland, CA] and Powhatan Land [Richmond,VA]. With roots in storytelling, Branfman-Verissimo’s work is informed by their commitment to craft and community, engagement with society, and interests in preserving and broadcasting B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. stories. Follow the link in our bio to read Lukaza's full artist statement and check out a book table curated by Lukaza with titles related to the exhibition.⁠ ⁠ ***⁠ ⁠ we web keepers is up September 21 - November 12, 2022. Opening celebration details coming soon...! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠