18 Jan 25th–Jan 31st, 2024 phoenixnewtimes.com PHOENIX NEW TIMES | NEWS | FEATURE | FOOD & DRINK | ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC | CONCERTS | CANNABIS | those who are even in opposition that such an exhibit should exist, for them to come here and witness it and see,” he says. “So really this is a space for openness where we want to foster exchange, we want to foster community and we want to foster dialogue,” Shabazz adds. To Shabazz, that means getting involved. One way the public can do that is by donating to the exhibit’s PitchFunder campaign. (PitchFunder is Arizona State University’s official crowd- funding platform.) “This is a community-led and -orga- nized exhibition and we want the commu- nity to participate in helping to raise money to sustain it,” he says. At the exhibition, QR codes around the room lead to the Black Lives Matter Metro Phoenix website, where people can learn how to get involved locally in issues such as anti-racism and social justice. But mostly, Shabazz wants the public to see the show. “You can’t be involved in transforma- tion if you just sit in your house and you whittle away something on a tweet,” he says. “You have to come and see it and be in the room, experience the pain and the suffering, the anger, the frustration, the possibility, the hope and the joy that’s put on all these signs.” The signs keep coming, by the way. In Minneapolis, visitors from around the world continue to leave offerings in George Floyd Square, and members of the George Floyd Global Memorial pick them up and preserve them. Because four years after Floyd’s death, people of color continue to be murdered by police across the country. “We’re still facing these challenges nationwide, and our exhibit inspires people to keep working, to keep going,” Austin says. “Don’t think that just because the media cycle is quiet that the people are silent, because the people have spoken and they continue to speak through the offer- ings that they have laid.” ‘Historic and transformative’ A room full of cardboard signs made by ordinary citizens is not an expected sight in an art museum. And that, Shabazz says, is a large part of what makes “Twin Flames” so important. “This is historic,” he says. “Nothing like this has ever been done before. Nothing like this has been done at the museum. These offerings have never been shown outside of Minneapolis, the collab- oration between various groups here at ASU and the George Floyd Global Memorial has never been done. And we recognize that not only have these groups never been brought together, but never has public memorialization ever been placed in this museum and in most museums across the country. “I am beyond proud to be a part of some- thing this historic and transformative. This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever been a part of in my life. And for it to be here in Phoenix, I think it matters so much.” “Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix” runs Feb. 3 to July 28 at ASU Art Museum, 51 E. 10th St., Tempe. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free. Visit asuartmuseum.org for more information. Sacred Sparks from p 16 The ASU Art Museum is located on the university’s Tempe campus. (Photo by Jeff Zaruba)