Catalogue Release Event for Exhibition Hidemi Takagi: Stories

Catalogue release event will celebrate Hidemi Takagi: Stories (KODA Publishing, 2021). Artist Hidemi Takagi will be in conversation with journalist Jasmine Bager, about the three series included in the catalogue, and one new body of work Takagi is currently developing. Klaudia Ofwona Draber, founder of KODA, curator, and editor of the publication, will showcase the publication, introduce the speakers, and read excerpts from essays by the contributors:

• Jamel Shabazz

• Eva Mayhabal Davis

• Saijah Williams

• and Jim Furlong

Hidemi Takagi: Stories exhibition catalogue features three most recent neighborhood projects that Hidemi Takagi developed over the last five years. The publication serves as a printed celebration, a living history device that allows young and old, longtime and new residents of Brooklyn to shine bright. Takagi’s lens is a spotlight for everyday citizens who deserve representation. Essays by Jamel Shabazz, Eva Mayhabal Davis, Saijah Williams, and Jim Furlong further illustrate the meaning and…