"Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden" Opening Reception

You are invited to the pubic reception of "Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden," on Thursday, September 3, from 5:30-7:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. 

“Floating Metal” brings together sculpture, image, video, performance, and sound to honor the artistic legacy of Ed Love (1936-1999) and the intergenerational creative practice of choreographer and performer nia love (b. 1963). The exhibition extends nia love’s long-term serial projects g1(host) and UNDERcurrents, which explore the enduring histories of the Middle Passage and transatlantic slavery. This newest iteration continues to invite audiences to probe the seam between catastrophic history and everyday memory, pivoting on the elemental medium of water.

The presentation of "Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden" by nia love was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Additional support comes from FSU’s Council on Research + Creativity (CRC).