Organized by the Frist Art Museum, with guest curator Woke3
One early January 2020 morning, artist Woke3 stepped out of his home in North Nashville to find the remains of a car engulfed in a raging fire. He interpreted the blaze as a premonition of the year to come. No one, however, imagined what 2020 would ultimately bring to his neighborhood, the city of Nashville, and our nation. Woke selected the following videos, which feature spoken word, dance, and music, and photographs to share how his creative community is processing the year’s seismic events—from a devastating tornado on March 3 to a car bomb exploding on Christmas morning—and offering a path forward.
Karimah, Within 2020. Running time: 14 minutes, 45 seconds. © Karimah. For a full list of participating collaborators, please see film credits.
The spoken-word poem Within 2020 was inspired by the photographs selected for this exhibition by curator Woke3, and stanzas from the poem are paired with images in the video above. You can view each photograph in the exhibition gallery below.
Also in the gallery are three other videos:
Field Work
VOTE
The Great Debate
Woke3 encourages viewers to add their stories to the project by posting photographs or short videos on Instagram with the hashtag #WithN2020.
Learn more about how the exhibition was conceived.
All works © the artist and appear courtesy of the artist, unless otherwise noted.
Schedule subject to change.
| Images and videos are best viewed on a laptop or desktop computer. To see the works in the intended chronology, click on the first image in the gallery below. |
Exhibition gallery
Woke3, January
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
LeXander Bryant, N. 23rd, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
Keep3, Gone with the Wind, March 3
DaShawn Lewis, CommUNITY Revitalization, March 7, 4:57 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, Helping Hands, McGruder Family Resource Center, March 6, 4:51 p.m.
LeXander Bryant, April 6
Twigz (feat. J. Reggaerica). Field Work, 2020. Video. Courtesy of the artist. Running rime: 3 minutes, 4 seconds. © Twigz. For a full list of participating collaborators, please see film credits.
DaShawn Lewis, Whitsett Park, April 1, 12:23 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, March 14, 6:08 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, Frontline, April 24, 8:49 a.m.
DaShawn Lewis, May 30, 3:28 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, “Wade in the Plaza,” June 15, 6:12 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, 4th Ave. N. and Deaderick St., June 4, 5:31 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, 6th Ave. N. and Deaderick St., June 4, 5:45 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, June 4, 6:11 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, August 22, 5:46 p.m.
Lesa Dowdy, “I Will Breathe” Rally, May 30
Kept Frozen, May 30
Kept Frozen, May 30
Lesa Dowdy, “I Will Breathe” Rally, May 30
LeXander Bryant, Metro Boomin, May 30
Kept Frozen, May 30
Kept Frozen, May 30
DaShawn Lewis, May 30, 7:44 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, May 30, 5:02 p.m. (“I Will Breathe” Rally, Nashville, TN)
DaShawn Lewis, June 4, 6:48 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, R.I.P. Gustavo, June 24, 6:57 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, May 30, 3:51 p.m.
Kept Frozen, May 30
LeXander Bryant
LeXander Bryant, FRE-REQ-UI-SITE, June 12
LeXander Bryant, Juneteenth Ride, June
Curry of Bead and Cowrie and The Conscious Collective. VOTE, 2020. Video. Running time: 5 minutes, 34 seconds. Courtesy of the artists. © The Conscious Collective. For a full list of participating collaborators, please see film credits.
DaShawn Lewis, October 22, 5:12 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, In Memory Of, June 15, 6:09 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, In Memory Of, June 15, 6:39 p.m.
DaShawn Lewis, Just the day before we . . . , E. S. Rose Park, March 22, 5:49 p.m.
Mark Humphrey/AP, December 25
Photographer unknown, Kwame Lillard, Courtesy of African American Cultural Alliance Nashville
Kyrstin Young, in collaboration with Angel Adams, executive producer. The Great Debate, 2020. Video. Courtesy of the artist. © Kyrstin Young
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