7 Mile + Livernois After Dark with DJ KESSWA
Attend:
| Free with general admission |
*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Location:
Rivera Court
5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
Tour the DIA’s new contemporary exhibit, 7 Mile + Livernois, by artist Tiff Massey. Then, at 7:30 PM, join DJ KESSWA for dancing and a cash bar in Rivera Court and the Great Hall.
7 Mile + Livernois is Tiff Massey’s new gallery installation, featuring sculptures commissioned by the DIA in conversation with works by other artists from the museum’s collection. Massey’s work reimagines art’s role in the community, offering a vibrant, inclusive view of Detroit. Her art invites us to celebrate collective identity, ancestral flyness, and beauty.
Detroit native Kesiena Wanogho didn’t really get to hear the music she wanted on the local scene, and her longing for a calming and grounding element within electronic music soon turned into her mission. DJ Kesswa now blends jazz and electronica, soul and ambient music with the rhythms and structures of traditional Nigerian music to create a common feeling: a meditation and affirmative attitude towards the world. In 2020, Kesswa was granted a tandem residency in Berlin and Detroit, during which she collaborated with DJ, radio host, and curator Tereza.
DJ KESSWA’s set will not be a seated performance.
- Gallery experience: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- DJ experience: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tour the DIA’s new contemporary exhibit, 7 Mile + Livernois, by artist Tiff Massey. Then, at 7:30 PM, join DJ KESSWA for dancing and a cash bar in Rivera Court and the Great Hall.
7 Mile + Livernois is Tiff Massey’s new gallery installation, featuring sculptures commissioned by the DIA in conversation with works by other artists from the museum’s collection. Massey’s work reimagines art’s role in the community, offering a vibrant, inclusive view of Detroit. Her art invites us to celebrate collective identity, ancestral flyness, and beauty.
Detroit native Kesiena Wanogho didn’t really get to hear the music she wanted on the local scene, and her longing for a calming and grounding element within electronic music soon turned into her mission. DJ Kesswa now blends jazz and electronica, soul and ambient music with the rhythms and structures of traditional Nigerian music to create a common feeling: a meditation and affirmative attitude towards the world. In 2020, Kesswa was granted a tandem residency in Berlin and Detroit, during which she collaborated with DJ, radio host, and curator Tereza.
DJ KESSWA’s set will not be a seated performance.
- Gallery experience: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- DJ experience: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.