Inspired by the long history of community organizing and mobilizing within Black hair salons, Protective Style is a new performance by LA-based artist Autumn Breon that will seek to monumentalize the beauty salon as a sanctuary for Black women’s freedom. Protective Style is presented as part of The Performance Project.
About Autumn Breon
Autumn Breon investigates the visual vocabulary of liberation through a queer Black feminist lens. A graduate of Stanford University, she studied Aeronautics & Astronautics and researched aeronautical astrobiology applications for NASA. Autumn’s examination of contemporary art throughout the African Diaspora began when she was living and working in South Africa. Through inquiry-based interaction, she invites audiences to participate in the examination of freedom, intersectional identities, and Diasporic memory. Using a variety of media – including installation, performance, and collage – her qualitative and quantitative research processes provide the foundation for reimagining and creating systems that make current oppressive systems obsolete. Breon’s work has been recognized by Artsy, the Smithsonian Institution, Aspen Institute, TED, the Obama Foundation, Artnet, Time Magazine, and the New York Times.
This event is free, however, reservations are recommended: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/protective-style-by-autumn-breon-tickets-597285646447
Photo: Giovanni Solis
