@lostblackboy
@kdc
It's like that episode of Parks & Rec when Ron Swanson wins a Woman of Year Award because the organization thought that would be edgy and get attention and no one cared about women ๐๐๐
I don't want to die of exhaustion having tried to change a world that refuses to move, I would rather take my time and make a better world inside of it maybe, slightly underground if I can, if only for the people who I love and want to protect.
Iโm so grateful for everyone in The Kitchen tonight! The curators who trust me, the performers who trust me, all the folks making sure production is perfect. This is the MHYSA return show and itโs all on my terms and Iโm just overwhelmed with gratitude ๐ฅน๐๐๐๐
Therapy is working yโall. A white woman asked to photograph my braids at the new museum and I calmly said โNo.โ
She was like I just want you to see how nice they look against your coat. And I said โI already know that.โ
I didnโt even feel awkward. I hope she did tho ๐๐พโโ๏ธ
Hi friends Iโm changing my name! You can still call me E but Iโm also now inviting ppl to call me Ellis :) It was my grandfatherโs name, the one who played guitar and inspires me to carry on unfinished family business with music. okay thanks for honoring this shift!
8 years ago I saw Sonic Youth Live and fell in love with noise...this year I got to take my microphone and put it up to a speaker while using reverb and make feedback just like I saw them do with guitars :)
I have no issue with getting older because it means I've survived. I looked up to ppl who didn't live past 27 when I was 17, making it to 29, I've found new role models and I've also found a role model in myself which feels so much like growth.
Imagine someone being mad at someone who had to strip aka be v intimate with men for money by being naked for them and possibly giving lap dances etc bc they do not want to be touched anymore. Maybe it is triggering for her to be touched by strangers for money?๐ค
Working on new music, getting a new computer this month so I can work on art faster, doing a teaching fellowship at Harvard this year with
@lawdkn_ws
in new media (Yes
@SCRAAATCH202
will be teaching this year) and now represented by
@MountAnalog
IF I SAY MY WORK IS FOR THE CLUB
AND SPACES WILLING TO GET ENGAGED WITH DANCE MUSIC IN A PHYSICAL WAY AND NOT TO BE GAZED AT LIKE INTELLECTUALLY IN A STERILE WAY THAT IS MY RIGHT AS A PERFORMER
Terrell Davis Medical Expense Relief Fund is raising money for The Terrell Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund. This is in the works of being established to recognize inner city digital artists. Please donate if you can. Terrell's legacy lives on!
.
@RuthESaxelby
is the reason the
@thefader
knew my name before the album, before the end of the year lists, before Spectrum or bb...
Fader let go of a true music lover in a time when so many music writers don't even try to understand the voices at the margins. ๐
Students loans as the new indentured servitude. like, how did I start owing this country thousands at 22 just because I wanted the education I was told I had to have ๐ฉ
๐๏ธRelease Control๐๏ธ
out now ๐
this was a labor of love. i hope yโall feel me in these songs. iโm grateful to everyone that helped me make them happen, and all the cuties that were feelin me even when i wasnโt feelin me.
With community-led protection in Minneapolis, will those communities leaders be pro-Black or Black people? Defunding the police is one step, dismantling white supremacy in folks minds in another. Otherwise, Black people will remain unsafe in certain neighborhoods.
Just wanted to remind myself publicly that I really do this without familial support and really just with the support of my friends, mentors and guided by my desire to make good choices and bring good/better into the world.
Iโm going to be a part of the Studio Museumโs Harlem Postcard series this fall! The exhibition will open (FYI: not when the opening is, just when the show opens) on Sunday, September 23rd at Studio Museum 127, 429 West 127th St. Check it out if youโre in New York this fall ๐
SCRAAATCH's debut EP TEARDROPS is finally here! Four years in the making โจ
Get it now on bandcamp:
Hear it on soundcloud:
Cover Photography: Elliott Jerome Brown, Jr.
Cover Art: E.
Friends, it's official! I just put down a deposit on an apartment in Brooklyn! Please spread the word that c and I are looking for someone to take over the lease on our space in Philly! $1500/month for two floors, two bathrooms, lots of light and skylights upstairs!!
FOR EVERYONE CONFUSED (AHEM, PATRIARCHY LOVERS!) I ALSO PLAY LIVE DURING ALL MY SHOWS AND PRODUCED OVER HALF OF fantasii.
@lawdkn_ws
produced Bb, STROBE & Spectrum...I wrote the lyrics, I arranged all the tracks except for Spectrum. Pls don't erase everything I do off the mic <3
Today is my birthday. My altar is lit, my body is limber and Iโm on my way to a hike โจ๐คธ๐ฝโโ๏ธGrateful to my chosen family for helping me get here. Grateful to my body for waking me up this morning ๐
put more working-class people in jobs at art spaces and we will see a shift, suddenly paying folks will be a priority, things will run very tight because when you must work for a living, you spend your time differently...every time this happens suddenly my projects run so smooth
Iโm starting to feel like being an artist is also constantly finding balance between sharing yourself and work with folks and having strong boundaries so you can recharge and so that people donโt take too much. Someone will always try to take too much. (1/2)
Install images from my solo show โthe altar and the fleshโ.
The show is up until Jan 11 at
@ocdchinatown
75 East Broadway, open Saturday and Sunday and by appointment. Thank you to everyone who has already stopped by. Means so much to me for people to sit with the work.