the end is near, the end is the beginning
Atlanta Art Week Event:
the end is near, the end is the beginning | Westside
Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
The Goat Farm
the end is near, the end is the beginning is a presentation of video art by women artists of African descent. Visually and sonically immersive, haunting and spiritual, this selection of short films are projected onto the ruins of a 19th-century industrial complex and feature reflections on death and rebirth, endings and beginnings, collapse and revolution. They collectively suggest that both our personal and shared apocalypses mark the resolution of a particular paradigm, giving way to new worlds and adaptations.
the end is near, the end is the beginning debuts several new works from acclaimed video artist Zina Saro-Wiwa’s forthcoming visual album Songs for the End of the World, and these are central to the outdoor exhibition and public experience. Also on view are filmmaker Maya Cozier's triumphant Kambule and a two-channel collaboration between Atlanta artists Charmaine Minniefield and Kimberly Binns titled Gathering, each engaging West African history, grief, agency, and remembrance. The films featured negotiate the tension between experiencing loss and aspiring to hope.
This special presentation is created specifically for the third edition of Atlanta Art Week and is programmed at the Goat Farm Arts Center’s SITE event. SITE is a showcase inviting artists, organizations, curators, galleries, performers, and designers to produce experiential performances, art installations, and exhibitions exploring variant interpretations of the term “site,” including as it relates to construction, digital space, perception, and location.
***the end is near, the end is the beginning is organized for Atlanta Art Week by the Goat Farm Art Center under the advisement of curator and Africanist, Lauren Tate Baeza.
Featuring the art of:
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Maya Cozier
Charmaine Minniefield
Kimberly Binns
About the Goat Farm: The Goat Farm is a multi-disciplinary Cultural Center in West Midtown Atlanta. One of Atlanta’s largest centers for contemporary and experimental thought, practice, art & performance, its mission is to explore a more responsible approach to development and how property can be used to support art and culture via a self-sustaining built environment. Primarily exploring & supporting inventive and innovative works, the Goat Farm is a laboratory where creative risk is nurtured & celebrated. The Goat Farm executes this mission through an unconventional social enterprise for-profit arts model.