Rian (raven) Crane
Resident #2, March 21 – May 1
Open Studio Hours
March 24 1-3 PM | March 27 and 28 1-4 PM | April Thursdays and Fridays 1-4 PM
Rian (raven) Crane (he/they) is a post-disciplinary performance artist interested in Black diasporic rebellion as an anti-thesis to borders, gender, and prisons. Their work explores the paradox of hypervisibility for Black +/ Trans folks as well as the ongoing genocidal settler project of Anti-Blackness, displacement, colonial-made borders and severed ties from the land. Their work posits Black fugitivity as a refusal to the colonial imagination; they imagine Blackness in relation to land, water, and nonhuman kindred. He collaborates with other artists and communities to counter isolation, individualism, and the hyper-productivity of end-capitalism.
"The LINE residency will allow me to expand my practice and get more grounded in my work in Texas. I am a native Houstonian but lived in New Orleans/ Bulbancha the last decade. I am excited to build with the vibrant artist community in Austin. The studio, space, and experience overall will provide exciting perspectives and resources for me to grow as an artist.”
Artist Statement:
My current project Blk landscapes: Fragile Belongings/ On Liveliness is amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacy, histories, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Blk Landscapes engages in oral history, cyanotypes, sculptures as unmapping, and weaving especially with palm. The exhibition for this project will open at the Winter Street Studios Gallery in April of 2023.
blackbrownbiennale.org
