By ICTMN Staff: March 10, 2012
Claire Boucher, the Canadian singer and artist known as Grimes, is going to preform in New York City at the Mercury Lounge on March 23 and at Glasslands Gallery on the 24th. The same weekend she will debut a visual arts show that she has curated and hold a silent auction to benefit Sisters in Spirit, Canada’s group that combats violence against aboriginal women.
The exhibit will be at the Audio Visual Arts (AVA) gallery, in the East Village, and sponsored by the website Refinery29.
She sat down with The New York Times recently to declare that she shies away from designer clothes and likes to show “the beauty of women, but with a dark side,” she said. “I like creating beauty out of scary things."
I think it is an amazing thing that she is going to dedicate a part of her time and energy to raising awareness about what is happening to aboriginal women. I think it is about time that someone famous point at what is happening. For some reason no one cares to listen, until someone famous points out an injustice. It is the way that society works and it is depressing. I don't understand why it takes someone that we consider "famous" to get anything done for a group of people. No one would have noticed the struggles before, but now it has a spot light on it. I guess it can be considered a curse and a blessing in the same breathe. Finally someone is taking notice of the issues that are happening, but it took someone "famous" to point it out. People that aren't famous should care about these issues. What if it was you? You were the person standing there being hurt and wronged and no one lifted a finger to help you...then someone famous pointed at the problem and everyone rushed to your side. I understand that is can be frustrating, but I guess some help is better than no one knowing at all.
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