Description

Epicenter NYC seeks artists for an exhibition exploring the intersections of music, identity, and the cultural imaginary. The exhibition will bring together artists exploring the enduring relationship between music and cultural identity. Across traditions and generations, music serves as both archive and amplifier—carrying ancestral memory, voicing resistance, and shaping collective belonging. The works presented here have a broad range of references connected to personal experience, memories, specific albums, songs, genres, subcultures and performances through which identities are shaped, contested, celebrated, and reimagined. The title 'Music of Many Colours' takes its name from a collaborative album by Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì and American jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers. Fela stands out globally as the influential innovator of Afro-beat who used his music to speak truth to power. Guest Juror: Sadaf Padder. We’re thrilled to be working with Sadaf Padder, an independent curator who has curated projects nationwide. Her exhibitions have been featured in LA Weekly, Hyperallergic, and ArtNews. Padder serves on the boards of the Vera List Center and 12 Gates Arts.