“Softening Borders” invites you to step into another’s shoes, no matter where in the world they may be standing. As part of the opening reception for the Moody Center for the Arts’ “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting the Past and Present,” Serge Attukwei Clottey will unveil the site-specific installation with a community-based performance this Friday at 6:30 p.m. “Softening Borders” occupies the Moody’s central gallery space, a cavernous white hall with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. Through the glass, outside passerby might be tempted to do a double-take of the myriad of wooden chairs suspended in the air at every angle. Draped over the chairs are various coats and shirts, some of which are adorned with mail stamps. On the ground, shoes of all sizes and colors are planted alongside neatly folded newspapers that announce poverty and struggle. At first glance, the work seems impassable — a minefield of objects eerily displaced from their owners. But Clottey leaves just enough space for walking, inviting you to traverse the unknown as a microcosm of migratory journey......#sergeattukweiclottey #labadi #texas #houston #afrogallonism #ghana @ Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University @afrogallonism . . #sergeattukweiclottey #afrogallonism #softeningborders #installation #art #contemporaryart #ashantiimmigrant #accrawedey #themoodyart #riceuniversity #migration #politics #power https://www.instagram.com/p/B7slAEaJeVD/?igshid=1o8nc5r6pgyrp
