Artist Talk: Cameron Patricia Downey
Thursday, November 2, 2023

6:00 pm: Artist Talk with Cameron Patricia Downey on the occasion of the exhibition Orchid Blues, in conversation with Frederick Janka.

7:00 - 9:00 pm: After hours reception featuring experimental Blues sounds by by Minneapolis based musicians Booboo and Yonci.

M Jamison is an interdisciplinary record producer and musician based out of Minneapolis, MN. Her practice centers the narratives of Black Trans/Queer artists through record production, sound composition, scoring and live performance support.

Her Collaborators include but are not limited to, Rashaad Newsome, Ms Boogie, Ahya Simone, Blu Bone, Kamilla Love, Denaisha and Cameron Downey. Her collaborative compositions have been shown at institutions such as Walker Art Center, Park Avenue Armory, Artcenter College of Design, and Kunstraum Kreuzberg. She has worked on projects commissioned by LACMA, Snapchat, Somerset House, and Artcenter College of Design. Her live production works have been performed on a global scale in club settings like Nowadays (NYC), to festival settings such as Dweller(NYC), Festival Fierté(Montreal) and Milkshake Festival(Amsterdam), to name a few.

M’s work spans from traditional record production to performance art compositions and film scoring. Within all of her work lies a common theme - Black Trans/Queer liberation via personal autonomy and communal joy.

From North Minneapolis, Yonci Jameson (they/she) is a DJ and musician specializing in the sounds and sensations of ancestral and contemporary Black experience. Through the exploration and experimentation of traditional west African percussion, improvisational bass clarinet and electronic production, Yonci aims to move bodies and stimulate minds with intricate sonic selections and exuberant performance.