Events - Present, Past & Future
Womxn in Windows presents its second annual public exhibition of video works by womxn filmmakers and video artists. The artists' videos will be on view in windows globally 24 hours a day. Guests can watch the films from the street and tune into the audio of each film on their phone via a QR code on the window.
The films were available online, rotating through-out the month via Windows Online.
Currently on Instagram
This digital series shares the video responses of womxn to four questions.
Who are you and where are you from?
What is your practice?
What role does identity and culture play in your work?
How do you want your work to influence culture?
We will be posting multiple videos every week. We hope they will resonate with you and open up your world to something new.
February - March, 2019
Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA
Women In Windows hosted a multi-video installation placed throughout the storefronts and windows of Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles March 2019. This exhibition subverts the societal notion of female-as-object and presents the experiences, feelings and intellects of six women artists of color in an unignorable public forum. Glass boxes, which so often frame their bodies, become windows into the souls and substance of these women, who show us that the multifaceted and deeply personal female perspective cannot be contained by, or simplified to, a skin-deep, male-gaze centric representation of what it means to be female.
Curated by Zehra Ahmed, the installation presents the work of Alima Lee, Arshia Fatima Haq, Gazelle Samizay, Jasdeep Kang, Muna Malik and Yumna Al-Arashi; six American women from diverse cultural backgrounds, spanning across South Asia, the Middle East, Puerto Rico and Trinidad.
Imprint Projects, Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA
An intimate sensory experience for our friends and collaborators. The films could be experienced on hand held screens with head phones for sound. Each film was paired with a scent by the Institute of Art & Olfaction. All the food was black. Our minds cannot perceive flavours when it sees black food. A bite reveals more about the flavours and smells of the particular food. Much like the films, one learns more about each artists culture and story on further experiencing their work.
Chungking Studio, Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA
An opening party to celebrate our artists, ourselves and everyone who supported us. The crowds danced away to tunes mixed by Asmara, Mia Carucci & Zuri Adia. If you were there you know the aunties came out too. Hope to see you at the next one.