May 18 - November 10, 2024
From the MFAH:
“Interdisciplinary artist Jacolby Satterwhite transforms the Museum’s vast Cullinan Hall with A Metta Prayer. The expansive multimedia installation fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world.
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer was commissioned in 2023 for the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The immersive exhibition now brings the artist’s virtuosic work to Houston.
At a time when Black and LGBTQ+ communities face continued threats of violence, A Metta Prayer constructs a digital space that represents love, joy, and resilience. Satterwhite (born 1986) draws inspiration from the Buddhist Metta prayer to build a narrative that rebels against the conventions of commercial video games. A soundtrack produced by the artist pulses with energy, providing the video with its driving beat.
Please be advised that this installation is intended for mature audiences.”
Performance: May 18, 2024 | 6–7 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - MFAH
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, 77005 TX
(713) 639-7300
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