Meanwhile at Good Children, the Y'all Don't Want to Hear Us, You Just Want to Dance performance might have easily been mistaken for the hopping scene that it mostly was, as slinky dance moves fueled by DJ Sissy Elliot's steady stream of pulsating beats held sway. But at 10 pm sharp the music suddenly went dead, replaced by flashing blue police lights and a deafening silence as a procession of 27 ghostly, umbrella-wielding figures filed solemnly through and out of the gallery in memory of the 24 unarmed black men killed by police so far this year. Currently 79 umbrellas occupy the gallery floor and ceiling, top, in memory of the 79 unarmed black men killed by police in 2015. Organized by Kevin Brisco in collaboration with Marta Maleck and Ashley Teamer, the performance and installation poetically underscored the week's deadly events, leaving the question of how we came to this point hanging wordlessly in the air. ~Bookhardt / Y'all Don't Want to Hear Us, You Just Want to Dance, Through July, Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave., 616-7427; Of Myth, Fun & Folly: Group Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Mixed Media Works, Through July, New Orleans Art Center, 3330 St. Claude Ave., 707-779-9317.
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