Ramaya Tegegne

Deep Listening

May 20 - June 24, 2017

Opening reception May 20, 7 - 9PM

Listening to this space I sound the space. Listening to the energy of all who are present I sound this energy. Listening to my listening and your listening I make this music here and now with the assistance of all that there is. - Pauline's Solo, 1992-2008 With Ellen Spiro's DiAna's Hair Ego: AIDS Info Up Front (29 min, 1990). Please join us for a performance titled Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz (500 W Franklin St, Baltimore, MD 21201) at 8 pm.
Ramaya Tegegne is an artist based in Geneva, Switzerland.
This exhibition was made possible with generous support from the State of Geneva.

Exhibition review on Post-Office Arts Journal: Bzz Bzz Bzz - Deep Listening @ First Continent (Ramaya Tegegne) by Reece Cox

Gallery door and windows, through which a condom dispenser can be seen

Gallery windows, through which a condom dispenser and other assorted items can be seen

Items sit on the windowsill: a stack of mugs, pamphlets, and seal stuffed animals

A CRT monitor sits in a windowsill with a blank business hours sign above it. It is playing the documentary short, “Diana’s Hair Ego

A CRT monitor sits in a windowsill with a blank business hours sign above it. It is playing the documentary short, “Diana’s Hair Ego

A CRT monitor sits in a windowsill with a blank business hours sign above it. It is playing the documentary short, “Diana’s Hair Ego

There is a circle of folding chairs in the gallery

There is a circle of folding chairs in the gallery

A performance by Ramaya Tegegne. She speaks into a microphone and the chairs are filled with listeners

There is a cart in the corner with rice and an electric pressure cooker. There is a plastic tub of beer on the floor

A performance by Ramaya Tegegne

Gallery text sits in the windowsill

A pamphlet in the windowsill advertises the sale of the gallery space and adjoining storefronts and apartments

A pamphlet in the windowsill advertises the sale of the gallery space and adjoining storefronts and apartments

There is an old payphone on the wall

Items sit on the windowsill: a stack of mugs, pamphlets, and seal stuffed animals

A condom dispenser is affixed to the wall

A stack of zines sits inside a plastic stand

Mugs decorated with line drawings are stacked in a pyramid formation

Three stuffed spotted seals sit in the window

Black gloves, earplugs, a nose plug, and an eye mask sit in the windowsill

Two folded silence equals death t-shirts sit in the windowsill

A page from a book is encased in a plastic stand

Items sit on the windowsill: a stack of mugs, pamphlets, and seal stuffed animals