[artcrush] Chai’n Brai Laika Daimon p2

July 1 - 24, 2024

From Canopy Projects:

“Otra vez con Los Outsiders!
Canopy Projects is pleased to announce its next exhibition curated by the Austin based Latinx curatorial
collective, Los Outsiders. [artcrush] Chai’n Brai Laika Daimon p2 is a re-imagining of their 15th anniversary
exhibition at the Laredo Center for the Arts in December of 2023.
[artcrush] Chai’n Brai Laika Daimon p2 features work by Michael Anthony García, Raul Rene Gonzalez,
Michael Wayne Hall, Roberto Jackson Harrington, Hector Hernandez, Mariah Anne Johnson, Robert Moya,
Dawn Okoro, Keith Allyn Spencer, Julia Claire Wallace and Jasmine Zelaya. There will be a reception for the
artists and curators on Friday July 5, 2024 from 7-10 pm.
Austin-based curatorial collective Los Outsiders (Jaime Salvador Castillo, Michael Anthony García, Roberto
Jackson Harrington and Hector Hernandez) approach to creative endeavors has always included sharing
opportunities and nurturing of fellowship. Los Outsiders’ curated their first exhibition with the idea of celebrating
and working with their “art crushes” at the Antigua Aduana in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Returning to the border
for their quinceañera (15th anniversary), Los Outsiders once again celebrated their art crushes’ work, including
their own, in an exhibition hosted at the Laredo Center for the Arts.
The exhibition was originally imagined for its original setting, Laredo Texas, a border city often depicted as
dangerous or a place of friction and conflict. However, as most people living in the border region will point out,
that is an external perspective. Laredo and all cities on the US/Mexico border should instead be thought of as a
delta. A location where the meeting of two similar but different entities converge in a place of growth and
creation. A place where new opportunities exist and adaptations flourish.
[artcrush] Chai’n Brai Laika Daimon p2 is an affirmation, born of the linguistic alteration of Rihanna song lyrics
rendered through spanish phonetics. Bending language to the needs of the user is common among multilingual
speakers. Language adapts, it is not fixed or static but eternally fluid. This exhibition focuses and highlights this
type of fluidity. It is a celebration and a consecration of the border as fertile ground that engenders growth and
adaptation.
The exhibition will be on view through Wednesday, July 24, 2024.”

Reception: July 5, 2024 | 7–10 pm

Artist talk: July 6, 2024 | 2–3 pm

Curator Talk: July 20, 2024 | 4–5 pm

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