Aurora presents a selection of short video works created over the last two decades by Berlin-based artist Janaye Brown. In these works, the sensory experience of time in everyday life is isolated through static long shots, poetic text, atmospheric sound, and slow gestures–both natural and mechanical. Restrained pace and obscured narratives simultaneously create anticipation and contemplation. The program includes the premiere of Brown’s new work Rosewood, a reflection on the contrasting local histories of two burial grounds on Galveston Island. The screening will be followed by a conversation between the artist and Aurora’s Sarah Stauder.
About The Artist: Janaye Brown was born in San Jose, California and now lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Her video work has been exhibited at venues including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and Nazarian/Curcio in Los Angeles. Residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME; Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX; Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX and Fiskars AiR, Finland among others. Brown received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay.
Image: Janaye Brown, don’t follow strangers (to fun places), 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
