Saturday, June, 14, 2–4PM
FCCW: 3053 Rosslyn St. LA, CA 90042
Info on our space
Max capacity: 50
Free
“We are practicing adaptation and connection – showing up with tenderness as a tool and as a weapon, breaking down disconnection and working against oppressive systems that seek to keep us apart. We are insisting on togetherness as a tool of transformation.” — Annika Hansteen-Izora
Silvi Naçi, artist, writer & activist-scholar, and Sarah Williams, co-founder of Feminist Center for Creative Work, engage in an interview and conversation centered around pieces from FCCW’s archive at LACA, as well as the physical body as archive. They will be in conversation around and inspired by José Esteban Muñoz’s Ephemera as Evidence: Introductory Notes to Queer Acts — you’re invited to read it and join the discussion too.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Silvi Naçi (b.1987, Albania) is an artist, researcher, and educator working between Albania and Los Angeles. They engage with the image and its politics in various mediums such as photography, performance, moving-image, text, fibers/textiles, drawing and installation. Working with traumatic events, both collective and familial, they investigate gender and cultural identity as it relates to exile, migration, the other, and citizenship.
Silvi Naçi holds a dual BFA in Fine Arts + Graphic Design from Suffolk University (Boston, MA) and an MFA in Photography + Media from California Institute of the Arts (Los Angeles, CA). They have exhibited and published widely, find more info on their work at silverprojects.co or follow them on Instagram @silvi.naci.
Sarah Williams is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Feminist Center for Creative Work. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Sarah returned to the city in 2006 to attend USC’s Curatorial Practice in the Public Sphere M.A. program after receiving a B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Since then she has been producing projects, exhibitions, programs, events and publications with ForYourArt, FCCW, CLOSING, and the Art Book Review.