https://kneaku.xyz Kneaku Ashae Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:46:01 +0000 https://kneaku.xyz en https://kneaku.xyz/Desktop Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:05:42 +0000 Kneaku Ashae https://kneaku.xyz/Desktop <img width="256" height="256" width_o="256" height_o="256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" data-mid="95399240" border="0" alt="Potato Salad by Keith Josef Adkins" data-caption="Potato Salad by Keith Josef Adkins" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/256/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" /> <img width="256" height="256" width_o="256" height_o="256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" data-mid="95399240" border="0" alt="FRUIT SNACKS" data-caption="FRUIT SNACKS" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/256/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" /> <img width="256" height="256" width_o="256" height_o="256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" data-mid="95399240" border="0" alt="Artist Statement " data-caption="Artist Statement " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/256/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" /> <img width="4957" height="3305" width_o="4957" height_o="3305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9598b02e5905dccd689c82393792eb0d912e0a9b898fa3b135453e710019f9dd/RM_20250429_0988-s.jpg" data-mid="233433476" border="0" alt="'closed mouths dont get fed' a work by Dorchel Haqq with Sound Design by Kneaku Ashae" data-caption="'closed mouths dont get fed' a work by Dorchel Haqq with Sound Design by Kneaku Ashae" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9598b02e5905dccd689c82393792eb0d912e0a9b898fa3b135453e710019f9dd/RM_20250429_0988-s.jpg" /> <img width="256" height="256" width_o="256" height_o="256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" data-mid="95399240" border="0" data-draggable alt="i guess, you can come in: a moving portrait series" data-caption="i guess, you can come in: a moving portrait series" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/256/i/99366c44cd7d81a0a9bd4b8137cec1ca5c79974db0269f0830699a514eab1ee7/leather-folder-orange.png" /> <img width="1908" height="1482" width_o="1908" height_o="1482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcae5805493a6f2a4d9ff0ea4a0fc4f0a0bd9a212a181b3ca395d66b825f5de1/Screen-Shot-2024-07-25-at-8.38.10-AM.png" data-mid="215267604" border="0" data-draggable alt="About Me. txt" data-caption="About Me. txt" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcae5805493a6f2a4d9ff0ea4a0fc4f0a0bd9a212a181b3ca395d66b825f5de1/Screen-Shot-2024-07-25-at-8.38.10-AM.png" /> https://kneaku.xyz/i-guess-you-can-come-in Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:05:43 +0000 Kneaku Ashae https://kneaku.xyz/i-guess-you-can-come-in i guess you can come in : a moving portrait &nbsp;&nbsp; This is an experimental film composed of a series of “moving portraits” or videos. This series examines four (4) themes that have been formative to my evolution. Each ‘moving portrait’ will be able to stand alone but they all work together, as a whole. Each portrait follows the&nbsp; particular constraints of the style of film bestowed upon it. The totality of the piece is what makes it truly experimental. <img width="576" height="324" width_o="576" height_o="324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c42c3ca2f96ed243e265e127a8a3b981fc7b1f735fb728e524a4a9506b602e45/balance.gif" data-mid="104108557" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/c42c3ca2f96ed243e265e127a8a3b981fc7b1f735fb728e524a4a9506b602e45/balance.gif" /> BALANCE&nbsp; (dance) <img width="576" height="324" width_o="576" height_o="324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f292731e77933e1378fea2e580b423f38c000d8c3d2af0b81761d5c04cd3ce3/FAM.gif" data-mid="104199960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/5f292731e77933e1378fea2e580b423f38c000d8c3d2af0b81761d5c04cd3ce3/FAM.gif" /> FAM(experimental documentary) <img width="576" height="324" width_o="576" height_o="324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6716bcf4449b163450fb6d8e2621fb5de31d88d2f3f45f86683f6baa8cf57a61/FAITH--NEW.gif" data-mid="108621308" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/6716bcf4449b163450fb6d8e2621fb5de31d88d2f3f45f86683f6baa8cf57a61/FAITH--NEW.gif" /> FAITH&nbsp;(narrative) <img width="576" height="324" width_o="576" height_o="324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/542707be24edeb8033e6b82bab6e6893c9d4bfd72b2a4d7cfdd0a38a622475b2/self.gif" data-mid="104285057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/542707be24edeb8033e6b82bab6e6893c9d4bfd72b2a4d7cfdd0a38a622475b2/self.gif" /> SELF(poem)&nbsp; Credits Directed, Written and Edited by Kneaku Ashae BALANCE Performance &amp; Choreography Dorchel Haqq Cinematography by Arie Cooper Sound Design by KIRAA FAM Videography by Kneaku FAITH Performance &amp; Illustration Animation by Brooklyn Crawford Cinematography by Arie Cooper SELF Poem &amp; Voice Over by Ava Cinematography by Arie Cooper https://kneaku.xyz/FRUIT-SNACKS Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:08:14 +0000 Kneaku Ashae https://kneaku.xyz/FRUIT-SNACKS FRUIT SNACKS&nbsp; Awarded Best Direction at MMC Senior Capstone Showcase https://kneaku.xyz/Potato-Salad-fr Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:46:01 +0000 Kneaku Ashae https://kneaku.xyz/Potato-Salad-fr POTATO SALAD a play by Keith Josef Adkins Directed by Kneaku Ashae&nbsp; CAST Nyesha McCornmick as&nbsp;Mother Ta’Lor Mosley as&nbsp;Girlfriend Mar’shon Dalton as Son <img width="4898" height="3265" width_o="4898" height_o="3265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04af9acbfa8412ced88905a0d83761664cbfab0e3dfb8820fcdbb95654ad7600/PotatoSalad-Originals-125.jpg" data-mid="215397519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04af9acbfa8412ced88905a0d83761664cbfab0e3dfb8820fcdbb95654ad7600/PotatoSalad-Originals-125.jpg" /><img width="3265" height="4898" width_o="3265" height_o="4898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e75d57a8b53f85f2e2d6a7c72f0b03392833b4ea65b5493927aae9e59e17ba3f/PotatoSalad-Originals-120.jpg" data-mid="215397520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e75d57a8b53f85f2e2d6a7c72f0b03392833b4ea65b5493927aae9e59e17ba3f/PotatoSalad-Originals-120.jpg" /><img width="3265" height="4898" width_o="3265" height_o="4898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33f2066c32f95485d9edd4955093bae27b9764ed37450c5562090a7e2c836008/PotatoSalad-Originals-82.jpg" data-mid="215397518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33f2066c32f95485d9edd4955093bae27b9764ed37450c5562090a7e2c836008/PotatoSalad-Originals-82.jpg" /><img width="3265" height="4898" width_o="3265" height_o="4898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cb0c022cb56b61f0808d77b2bf8df1b0419eeda2ea57d5101b140838a4f49f5/PotatoSalad-Originals-61.jpg" data-mid="215397517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cb0c022cb56b61f0808d77b2bf8df1b0419eeda2ea57d5101b140838a4f49f5/PotatoSalad-Originals-61.jpg" /><img width="3265" height="4898" width_o="3265" height_o="4898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a88253f41974cbc37e218272faf7e677107c1865335c945143cc7335ed909ba/PotatoSalad-Originals-42.jpg" data-mid="215397521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a88253f41974cbc37e218272faf7e677107c1865335c945143cc7335ed909ba/PotatoSalad-Originals-42.jpg" /><img width="4898" height="3265" width_o="4898" height_o="3265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e80bc793d179dcf3dbe4693b68152444caef4aedcd665f21ab1550d4d7c8b47/PotatoSalad-Originals-12.jpg" data-mid="215397522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e80bc793d179dcf3dbe4693b68152444caef4aedcd665f21ab1550d4d7c8b47/PotatoSalad-Originals-12.jpg" /> https://kneaku.xyz/Artist-Statment Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:05:43 +0000 Kneaku Ashae https://kneaku.xyz/Artist-Statment I am creation. I have been curating experiences from a young age. I have been observing my communities and responding with whatever tools I have at the moment, instinctively. I use entertainment to prompt unity amongst my peers. As I’m learning more about myself, I am forming new ways to serve my community better. I employ the identity of Black + Queer in my work because that’s what I have the most access too. Importantly, when I use the terms ‘Black’ and ‘Queer’, I mean it in the most philosophical way. What does Blackness and Queerness look like in wealth or food or the future etc., where can that take my imagination? This is usually my starting point and all my work flows from there. I use my gift of perspective to help artists reach their highest potential. I believe facilitating a space for my peers to flourish creatively brings us all closer to divinity. A passion of mine is supporting creatives through the process until the final product is exactly how they envisioned. I’m invested projects that I truly believe in, because I know that the work will have a greater ripple effect on world. Creating opportunities for others through support is a requirement for contentment and success. I want my audience to feel like my work is their work. I want them to feel like in some way they were a part of this process, that their presence filtered it-self through the air and landed in my inspiration. &nbsp;