The Southphilly Biennial is happening under the umbrella of my family's art foundation, The Barat Foundation who's mission is to "transform lives through an interactive educational experience based on cultural exchange, artistic expression, humanistic values, and a commitment to each individual's creative potential." They run their operations out of Newarc, an arts and resource center in Newark, New Jersey; and host a summer educational artist residency program in the South of France, Provence, where contemporary French Artists live in community with American Highschool students from all socio-economic backgrounds for a summer of workshops and excursions.
These photographs are from the grand opening of the Newarc Center, where two of our former French Artists-in-Residents Pierre Laurent Cassiere and Maroussia Rebecq, creative director of Andrea Crews "fashion, art, activism" were invited to Newark, New Jersey to orchestrate workshops with Newark Highschool Students in their respective fields. Pierre Lo ran an interactive sound workshop while Maroussia orchestrated a fashion reconstruction workshop and catwalk. In keeping with the spirit of the clothing and the students the catwalk took place in the form of musical to the live music of WFMU's OCDJ.
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