Inside Vault Seven, Vol. 2: Next Stop—Rome, Italy Taji Ra'oof Nahl - Parkway Central Library
Tue, Aug 25 · 6:00pm–6:00pm
Participatory video installation featuring multi-channel projections, live historiography, plus audience interaction.
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Ages
- All ages
- Location
- Center City
- Setting
- indoor
- Signup
- Just show up
What to know
- •Free admission for all ages
- •Registration required in advance
- •Doors open at 5:30, program starts at 6:00
More details
Inside Vault Seven, Volume Two: Next Stop-Rome, Italy is a participatory multi-channel video installation and live curatorial excavation
Conceived by 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and 2026/2027 American Academy in Rome Prize Winner Taji Ra'oof Nahl (TR7), this activation reinvents the traditional artist lecture and PowerPoint presentation. Instead of a static sequence of slides, attendees enter a responsive visual almanac where multiple lens-based works project simultaneously across the Skyline Room. This is not a passive screening. You are actively invited to disrupt the visual flow: Stop the Screen: At any moment, raise your hand to ask Taji to pause a specific video projection. Live Excavation: Taji will deliver spontaneous oral historiography-deconstructing the scene's origin, collaborative network, historical underpinnings, or systemic function within his broader catalog. Artist Interventions: The artist may self-interrupt, freezing the frame whenever an image, gesture, or memory demands deeper public interrogation. Collective Canvas: Once the dialogue concludes, the projection resumes. The pacing is unscripted, transforming the room into a living sculpture painted with verbal history and collective curiosity. Subtitled Next Stop-Rome, Italy, Volume Two opens the archive before Nahl's departure for his residency at the American Academy in Rome. The evening will trace the Philadelphia collaborations, field trips, and creative milestones that shaped his practice, featuring a special dedication to his uncle, Yahya Abdul Rashid, whose enduring mentorship remains a foundational pillar of Nahl's artistic evolution. Co-produced by Channel TR7, The Inquisitive Outsider, and Free Library Exhibitions. Doors open at 5:30. Program begins promptly at 6:00. Free; all ages -- register here.
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