Ace AIR: SHIBOI (Yulan Grant)
Program: Ace AIR Location: Ace Hotel New York Date of Stay: 05.14.17 Artist: SHIBOI
First Floor is a 54:13-long field recording made by artist Yulan Grant, aka SHIBOI. We’re told it documents an "interesting convo” held between SHIBOI, some co-workers and a driver while en-route to Ace Hotel for the night."
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Yulan Grant is a Jamaican born, New York based multidisciplinary artist who, under the moniker SHYBOI, is known to cause sonic disruption. As a creative positioned between Caribbean and American culture, she uses sound to interrogate ideas of identity, notions of power, perceived histories and the entanglements that happens within these topics. She is also member of the queer artist collective #KUNQ, whose ethos is centered around the production of multidimensional work through sound, visual and performance art while expanding the discourse surrounding the subcultures and genres that have become diluted or obscured in the name of hybridity. SHYBOI has three Boiler Room sets under her ever widening belt as well as two performances at MoMA PS1 and is a frequent collaborator of NYC underground staples ranging from Rizzla (Fade to Mind) to Venus X. Recent sounds have been featured in Fact Mag, Thump, Rinse FM, MixMag and the Fader.
This May, our Artists in Residence program is curated by Discwoman. Founded by Frankie Hutchinson, Emma Burgess-Olson and Christine Tran, Discwoman is a New York-based platform, collective, and booking agency—representing and showcasing cis women, trans women and genderqueer talent in electronic music. Started as a two-day festival in September 2014 at Bossa Nova Civic Club Discwoman has since produced and curated events in 15+ cities—working with over 150 DJs and producers to-date.
