Soul of a Nation: Solange to exhibit digital artwork at Tate Modern
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Your support makes all the difference.Solange will exhibit a digital artwork at the Tate Modern in London as part of the 'Soul of a Nation' show.
"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” runs until 22 October.
Solange's piece is called Seventy States and is billed as a "digital interactive dossier" - featuring unused music video video concepts for "Cranes In The Sky" and "Don’t Touch My Hair" off her critically acclaimed album A Seat At The Table.
Spin reports that her contribution to the exhibition will contain two poems, a brand new piece of music and a performance from Solange called We Sleep In Our Clothes.
Seventy States is a “reflection on Black womanhood and the themes of Black identity within [Solange’s] own work".
Solange recently spoke out in support of Takiyah Thompson, a 22-year-old student at Carolina Central University, who was arrested for taking down a Confederate monument.
“What we got to do to get my new hero Takiyah Thompson free,” she tweeted shortly before deleting her Twitter account.
She had also condemned the "racist ugly ass f*** bois" who attended a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
You can read Solange's comments about her work on the Tate website here.
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