“Funk is very organic; it changes with the period. You can do a million different funks from a million different people and youll never get anything exactly alike — thats whats so beautiful about it.” Xenobia Bailey has been collaborating with Boys and Girls High School students to design and produce “up-cycled” furniture created in the African-American aesthetic of Funk. These pieces will outfit one of Weeksville Heritage Center’s historic Hunterfly Road homes. By designing home artifacts for an imaginary young artist couple living in today’s Bed-Stuy, students engage with recycled materials while exploring how Brooklyn artisans can leverage industrial design to support their creative dreams and self-determined financial goals. Learn more about Funk, God, Jazz & Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn here: bit.ly/Ua0eWk
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:45:46 +0000
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