A Seat At The Table
UNMASKED SORROW///// PSYCHOLOGICAL FURNITURE FOR BLACK FOLK
As a native of George Floyd’s hometown of Houston, I am creating “Psychological Furniture for Black Folk”. This is an installation of psychological furniture as sculpture.
This is an art-making practice of healing as a Fulbright Specialist and as the inaugural mentor artist in residency of the Kamene Art Residency. I am going to Kenya and I am hoping you can be apart of the journey by going with me through your giving as I prepare a seat at the table of healing.
The Ecotone of Culture Salon Table 2023, Marlon Hall
The table above is the first model in dimension and design Marlon Hall is making all over the world. The table is made from wood that is native to the people he is working with. By organizing salon dinners at the table he constructs, he is hoping to catalyze an ecotone of cultural diversity that makes a difference in human development. Living Arts Tulsa, Beyond the Whitewash Exhibition curated by Welana Fields and Shelby Head.
GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Black WallStreet, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2023
Marlon was detained on a curb by the Tulsa Police Department on the corner of a street that represents racial unity and another that represents the spirit of a freedom fighter.
On March 22 of 2023 I was racially profiled and detained by the police against my will for a crime I did not commit. I was taking a walk in the Historic Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma where I was a Tulsa Artist Fellow. Grown from a city known for a race massacre I am traveling to Nairobi, Kenya.
“Sit your ass on that curb.”
A curb is the most psychologically unsafe piece of furniture ever. My Mother is a middle school English teacher and Minister of Music. My Father is an Upholsterer. I was nurtured to create functional sculpture that was spiritual and educational. This furniture is made with your Black Ass in mind.
3 LEVELS OF INVESTMENT
Amnesia Salon Dinner Party /// Venice, Italy 2022
Cross-Pollinating Salon dinner curated by Marlon Hall for the Venice Biennial in the Kenya Pavillion with The British Council of The Arts curated by Jimmy Oganga.
$500
A Daily Uploaded Video Journal
Photo Print(s)
Access to Salon Dinner Virtual Experience
$1,500
A Daily Uploaded Video Journal
Photo Print(s)
Access to Salon Dinner Virtual Experience
Wooden Plate Made From Kenyan Wood
$2,500
A Daily Uploaded Video Journal
Photo Print(s)
Access to Salon Dinner Virtual Experience
Wooden Plate Made From Kenyan Wood
Coffee Table Book With the Stories and People Marlon Experience’s Along the Journey
Access to a Lotto to go on the Journey that Invites You to Kenya Towards Dual Citizenship