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Listen "#8x8_Shangrila Audio Edition: Navid Najafi with Keith Cross and Brandon Ng "
Episode Synopsis
In this special audio series, different staff members from the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design talk with some of the artists featured in the #8x8_shangrila exhibition and take a deep dive into their processes, materialities, and their diverse takes on the theme of place.
Conversations were recorded either in person in Shangri La’s offices following Covid-19 protocols, or via Zoom. The music featured in this series is by Kahnma, a singer and songwriter featured in the #8x8_shangrila exhibition. Check out her full performance here. The 8x8 audio series was recorded and edited by Jason Taglianetti.
In this episode, Navid Najafi, Shangri La’s Learning Programs Coordinator, talks with MC, singer and professor, Keith Cross - AKA Doctabarz - and photographer, Brandon Ng. They discuss native plants, delve into ideas of progress, and what it means to use art to occupy places where one has been excluded historically and culturally.
“For us, we were affirming our humanity under the most despicable conditions and that resonates with people everywhere. Even the person with the most can appreciate what the person with the least creates because they’re going to find it useful. This is how we found life under constant threat and reality of death.” - Keith Cross
Conversations were recorded either in person in Shangri La’s offices following Covid-19 protocols, or via Zoom. The music featured in this series is by Kahnma, a singer and songwriter featured in the #8x8_shangrila exhibition. Check out her full performance here. The 8x8 audio series was recorded and edited by Jason Taglianetti.
In this episode, Navid Najafi, Shangri La’s Learning Programs Coordinator, talks with MC, singer and professor, Keith Cross - AKA Doctabarz - and photographer, Brandon Ng. They discuss native plants, delve into ideas of progress, and what it means to use art to occupy places where one has been excluded historically and culturally.
“For us, we were affirming our humanity under the most despicable conditions and that resonates with people everywhere. Even the person with the most can appreciate what the person with the least creates because they’re going to find it useful. This is how we found life under constant threat and reality of death.” - Keith Cross
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