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AMERICAN GURL: PRESENTED BY WOMXN IN WINDOWS

24 JUN – 20 AUG 2023

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

Womxn in Windows presents ‘American Gurl,’ an ongoing curatorial project that showcases video art, film, and performance to unpack and re-envision the American Dream through the lens of women. Co-curated by Zehra Zehra and Kilo Kish, this iteration of the American Gurl project takes its shape as a group film exhibition.

Guided by the central question ‘how do we re-imagine the American Dream to include the hopes, musings, and fantasies of women of color?,’ the exhibition brings together a constellation of eight powerful and poignant film works by intergenerational artists.

The films are exhibited in the following order on a loop:

Kilo Kish, Death Fantasy, 2:10 min
Lorna Simpson, The Institute, 5:13 min
Savanah Leaf, run, 9:06 min
LaJuné McMillianin collaboration with Marguerite Hemmings, Antidote, 21:38 min
Carrie Mae Weems, Afro-Chic, 5:00 min
Ayanna Dozier, Forever Your Girl, 7:35 min
Ja’Tovia Gary, Quiet As It’s Kept, 26:00 min
Martine Syms, Meditation, 4:19 min

Total run time: 1 hour 21 minutes