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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/akron-soul-train-opens-new-shows-enco
 mpassing-film-dance-sound-and-painting/
SUMMARY:Akron Soul Train Opens New Shows Encompassing Film\, Dance\, Sound 
 and Painting
DESCRIPTION:\nFri 2/28 @ 5-7:30PM\nThis week\, Akron Soul Train\, which awa
 rds short-term residencies to mostly area artists to work on a specific bo
 dy of work to be shown or performing in its gallery space\, is highlightin
 g the work of four artists in three shows in its upcoming opening.\nDavon 
 Brantley is already well known in northeast Ohio. Despite just graduating 
 from the Cleveland institute of Art in 201 he’s already had several solo
  shows and been part of numerous group shows with his distinctive\, vividl
 y colored figurative portrait work. His show at Akron Soul Train is called
  Chapter 2: Midsommer in Granada. It explores his grief following the deat
 h of his grandmother in oversized pieces that amplify emotions. “The exh
 ibit explores the limbo of being at once void of emotion and yet overwhelm
 ed by emotion in combination with Brantley’s meditations on death\, life
 \, sexuality\, masculinity\, colorism\, and racial stereotyping\,” the a
 rtist statement says. Brantley adds\, ““I lead the audience through my
  mind as if they were watching a play\, utilizing dramatic compositions\, 
 absurd realism\, and characters that act out certain emotions and themes i
 n which I play all of the roles. I present a glimpse inside of my mental l
 andscape and inhabitants\; finding a ground for what is invisible that ble
 eds into my waking world.”\nThe duo of choreographer Elyse Morckel and c
 inematographer Denzel D. Washington presents the premiere of Wanderlust Bl
 ue created from the book Pale Blue Dot by astronomer Carl Sagan and Morcke
 l’s own dance VOID. “Wanderlust Blue\,” we’re told\, “ruminates 
 on humanity’s struggle with the notion that one’s existence is not the
  center of the universe.” It follows an entity named BLUE on a journal t
 hrough the universe.\nFinally\, the work of Matt Kurtz will be in the CapS
 oul Gallery in a show called Drumroll to the Solar Eclipse\, a recording o
 f a sound performance\, featuring a seven-piece percussion ensemble\, done
  during the total solar eclipse on April 8\, 2024 at Akron’s Chestnut Ri
 dge Park Amphitheater.\nThe exhibits open with a free public reception on 
 Friday February 28 and will be on view through Saturday April 5.\nakronsou
 ltrain\n[mappress mapid="4567"]\n
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