Artist Talk | Jacolby Satterwhite
Christopher Paul
Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer, 2023, site-specific, 4-channel multimedia installation: sound, theatrical lighting, high-definition color video, and 3D animation in Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine, courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York. © Jacolby Satterwhite
October 3, 2024
Jacolby Satterwhite visits with Christopher Paul, a Houston-based performance artist, in conjunction with the exhibition Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer.
Learn about the expansive multimedia installation through Satterwhite's perspective—the exhibition fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world. A Metta Prayer constructs a digital space that represents love, joy, and resilience.
This exhibition celebrates humanity in all its glory through computer-generated scenes of life and love. There are occasional instances of adult language and imagery.
Related Event
- Performance | Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer
Friday, October 4, 6:30 p.m.
Plan Your Visit
- Free with Museum admission.
- This talk takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.
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About the Moderator
Christopher Paul, a San Antonio native, is a Houston-based performance artist with a background that includes studies at Central Saint Martins in London and the University of Houston. Their work explores the relationship between spiritual ecstaticism and the loosening of bodily inhibition that draw from speculative modes of being within Paul’s Gullah Geechee, Korean, and Queer identity. Paul’s installations and performances blur boundaries between movement and physical detachment. Their work has been exhibited at institutions such as Blaffer Art Museum, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, and the Houston Museum of African American Culture. Paul has been featured in publications including 1Granary London, Gulf Coast Magazine, Houston CityBook, and OutSmart Magazine.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
Admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free on Thursday, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.