Ceremony for Freeway Fets 1978

These photographs, titled "Ceremony for Freeway Fets" by Senga Nengudi, show what look like moments of performance and documentation. There is a real process on display here. The texture and surface of the photographs give the images an almost documentary quality, as if we’re looking at moments captured with a raw, unpolished lens. In one, a figure in white holds a saxophone, and this image brings to mind the improvised performances of someone like Simone Forti, where movement and sound become intertwined. This work feels like an ongoing conversation. I am reminded of Allan Kaprow's "Happenings," where art spills out of the gallery and into everyday life. Both explore the idea of art as something that is constantly in motion, never fixed, and always open to interpretation.