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Join writer, poet, art director, photographer, and filmmaker, Joekenneth Museau, for a film screening and artist talk. Museau is exhibiting in Morlan Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Mnemonic Devices opening October 24.

Joekenneth Museau is a Brooklyn-bred artist who seeks to connect with the world around him through dynamic storytelling. Museau’s penchant for style and spoken word poetry initially commanded the attention of spectators; both in-person and online. An undeniably unique talent, Joekenneth, continues to rivet audiences with his vivid writing style and his charismatic, passion-filled delivery.

Throughout his creative career, Joekenneth has sought to express himself in various mediums beyond writing; these include photography, creative consulting, and filmmaking. In the summer of 2013, Joekenneth self-published his first book Tales of a Troubled Romantic; a compilation of poetry and prose writings. His second book, Days After Your Departure, released in 2017 is the author's most vulnerable work to date. Best described as a multimedia memoir, Days finds Joekenneth processing life after his mother’s death. The book was later adapted as a short film with the same title; starring Joekenneth and directed by Sam Sneed. It can now be viewed on HBO streaming services and their partner channels.

Pre-screen Museau’s “Days After Your Departure”

Oct. 24 – Nov. 22

Curated by Dr. Emily Goodman – Associate Professor of Art History

Memory is more than just a psychological phenomenon. How we store and recall information, experiences, and data informs how we understand and navigate the world around us. Throughout human history, various techniques and technologies have emerged to help aid our memory ranging from mythological narratives designed to pass on oral histories, written texts documenting our lived conditions to images that capture the ethos of a particular moment, and digital tools that provide us with multiple millennia’s worth of human knowledge at the stroke of our fingertips.

Of all of the “mnemonic devices” that we have come to implement to help enhance our collective remembering, no tool has had such an indelible impact on how we understand memory than the photographic image. So ubiquitous is the relationship between photography and recollection that we even have a term specifically used to describe the phenomenon of nearly perfect recall: the photographic memory.

This exhibition seeks to examine how the photograph—both the still and moving image—has shaped what and how we remember. In particular, this show will examine what it means to remember and whose memories we value. Works in this exhibition will consider different forms of memory and will explore how photography and video shape our understanding of our past—individually and collectively, socially and politically.

Morlan Gallery Admission

Exhibitions are free to the public. Parking can be found behind the Mitchell Fine Arts Center located at the corner of W 4th St and N Upper St.

Hours

Monday – Friday, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

Morlan Gallery COVID-19 Rules and Procedures

All visitors must follow Transylvania University Healthy at Transy policies while visiting Morlan Gallery.

Visitors showing signs of illness at any time will be asked to return when they are healthy.

Visitors are encouraged to use provided hand sanitizer upon entry, and socially distance while in the gallery