In 2016, the re-use of the cage was a kind of stage, enclosed and yet exposed to the elements. The year began with KUNIKLO Collective followed by a performance by Sean Ripple and ending with CHEEKY LaSHAE sings Black Sabbath with Meka Jean “Ivy League Ratchet” encore performance and The Younger Lovers opening.
KUNIKLO Collective
Photos by Kaya Sümer
KUNIKLO is a mutating, cross cultural collective, formed in 2015. Their practice centers around themes of nature, queer sexuality, culture, and investigations into literary/philosophical theory. Members mesh their own respective particular specialties into a dense art practice, using painting, sculpting, puppetry, costume design, video art and music to create other-worldly, multidimensional environments.
Members include Luis Gabriel Sanabria, Jose Luis Sanabria, Cheraya Esters, Diego Mireles Duran, Olivia Warmer, and Sebastian Turner.
Sean Ripple
Sean Ripple is an artist, writer, and curator based in Austin, TX. His projects are often improvisational and interventionist in nature and rely heavily on social media and the Internet to frame the outcomes of a feverish dedication to an idea. Recent projects have explored a perceived lack of commitment to interactivity and participation across a number of digital platforms as well as the destabilization of meaning that seems to trail technological innovation and advancement.
Photos by José Centeno-Melendez
CHEEKY LaSHAE sings Black Sabbath
CHEEKY LaSHAE is the alter-ego of Yale-educated, Brooklyn-based artist Kenya (Robinson).
Kenya (Robinson) is a community-taught artist from Gainesville, Florida. A socialite, philanthropist, producer, and international southerner, (Robinson) investigates gender, consumerism, and ability through unexpected performative actions and sculptural gestures.