Sit back, relax, tune in + turn up to this beautiful sonic journey seamlessly soundtracking us into the more chill days + nights of autumn, curated by Detroit-based multi-hyphenate KESSWA. Push play and let your creative energy flow as we embrace the season of looking inward.
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Kesswa wears Eckhaus Latta Fond Coat, Justine Clenquet Lea Earrings, Carol Earrings + Pixie Choker, Projekt Produkt Cat Eye Sunglasses + handbag by Majesty Hope.
Kesswa wears MM6 Maison Margiela coat + handbag, Stine Goya knit top, Eckhaus Latta trousers, Majesty Hope ball cap + Justine Clenquet earrings.
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KESSWA is an interdisciplinary artist from Detroit, MI. As a performance artist, and producer, her work integrates video, music, interactive technology and spoken word to function as a resource for healing. Her work with renowned musician Shigeto, “Is My Mind A Machine Gun?” (2021) premiered on the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s (MOCAD) new media platform Daily Rush and premiered as a performance art piece at Dlectricity's 2021 Festival. KESSWA is a 2022 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow, and has toured Germany as Musicboard Berlin and Detroit-Berlin Connection’s premier artist-in-residence. She has performed at Pop-Kultur Festival, and Haldern Pop Festival. She has also performed in support of avant-garde artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Sudan Archives, The Sun Ra Arkestra and Rashaad Newsome at institutions such as The Cleveland Museum of Art, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Pinault Collection and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Most recently, she is featured as an artist and producer on Theo Parrish’s DJ-Kicks compilation and Shigeto’s third studio album “Cherry Blossom Baby”.
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