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Bushwick, Brooklyn 2014- GILF! is an artist / activist based in Bushwick, Brooklyn who sparks conversations and questions the status quo through her work. Ranging from graffiti to wheat paste to stencils and performances in the public realm, her projects present new ways to look at culture and society. This fall I spent multiple days and had lengthy and inspiring conversations with Gilf! in her studio where she’s been preparing for upcoming shows in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. While she’s in high creative gear preparing for these exhibits, she’s also donning an orange prison jumpsuit for the entire month of October in hopes of bringing more awareness to the issue of mass incarceration in the US. Taking her art off the wall and literally wearing it on the streets is a method of reaching more people and having conversations with strangers who might not necessarily talk to her if she wasn’t wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit. While I plan to share a broader interview and profile of Gilf! as an artist / activist, I felt compelled to promote her performance project while it’s in action through a short video. At the end of the month 3 of the adorned jumpsuits will be on display at NOoSphere Gallery on the Lower East Side. In addition, Gilf! will be giving a talk on November 12 from 7-8PM at the gallery along with the artist Essam to discuss her project as well as his work.
For more information on Gilf! please visit gilfnyc.com
~Alexandra Henry
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Bushwick, Brooklyn 2014- Gilf! este un artist / activist cu sediul în Bushwick, Brooklyn, care starneste conversații și întrebări despre status quo-ul prin munca ei. Variind de la graffiti la paste-ups, la stencil-uri și performance-uri in spatii publice, proiectele ei prezintă noi modalități de a privi cultura și societatea. In aceasta toamna am petrecut mai multe zile și am avut conversații lungi și inspirationale cu Gilf! in atelierul ei, unde se pregateste pentru urmatoarele ei spectacole in Los Angeles, New York si Miami. In acelasi timp, ea poarta o salopeta oranj de inchisoare de-a lungul intregii luni de Octombrie, in speranta de a aduce mai multa constientizare despre problemele incarcerarei de masa in USA. Mutandu-si arta de pe pereti si purtand-o pe strazi e o metoda de a ajunge la atentia oamenilor si a avea conversatii cu straini, care in mod normal nu ar fi corbit cu ea daca nu purta salopeta. Am de gand sa impartasesc un interviu mult mai larg despre Gilf! ca artist/activist, dar am simtit nevoia sa promovez proiectul ei de performance in actiune in acest scurt video. La sfarsitul lunii, 3 din salopetele purtate for vi expuse la NOoSphere Gallery in Lower East Side. In plus, Gilf! va tine un discrus la galerie pe 12 Noiembrie impreuna cu artistul Essam, pentru a vorbi despre proiectul ei si munca lui.
Pentru mai multe informații despre Gilf! vă rugăm să vizitați gilfnyc.com
~ Alexandra Henry
