Artist Talk | Jason Bulluck: Let’s Believe Brief Utopias

Hamiltonian Artists is pleased to present Jason Bulluck’s solo show Let’s Believe Brief Utopias, an exploration of liberatory discourses, especially those centered on historically marginalized identities; and the collaborative mapping of safe spaces, especially those offering relief from anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and patriarchal violences. The exhibition features two new interactive digital sculptures: The first is a custom platform for trading original nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and engaging with a community towards witnessing a range of emotional, somatic, and social labors that, though unnamed, make our economy possible. The second is a mobile app for crowdsourcing a politically informed understanding of local cultural geography towards safer spaces for marginalized identities. Hear from the artist Jason Bulluck as he discusses his work with Fellowship Director Tomora Wright.

About the artist

Jason Bulluck is a conceptual artist and writer based in Washington, DC. His work draws on possibilities emerging from discursive encounters of critical geography, critical race studies, and Buddhism. Recent projects include sculpture and installation that invite audiences to interrogate dominant narratives and generate liberatory discourse through material engagements, digital provocations, performance, and writing. He received his BFA from Howard University in 2005 and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. His 2020 art criticism essay for the publication Brink was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. He has exhibited work across the United States. Bulluck’s work is grounded in early Indian and Mahayana Buddhist thought as well as personal histories and the histories of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. He is especially concerned with the provocations of Black cultural theorists and the possibilities posed by engaging a range of liberatory discourses and exploring how an end to anti-Blackness can mean an end to a vast range of human oppression; he is deeply intrigued by the interventions that might emerge from a broader dialogue. There will be an opportunity for Bulluck to answer a few questions toward the end of our program.

The artist talk will be accessible on Zoom promptly at 6pm ET.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hamiltonian Artists, 1353 U Street Northwest, Washington, United States