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Renaissance Report Live: Hive Triptych Cell Medium: Film (documentary adaptation of staged production)

Year: 2024 Location: Hive Triptych Cell, 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse installation, Philadelphia, PA

Presented by: Ra’oof Atelier In 2024,

TR7 (Taji Ra’oof Nahl) expanded the format of Renaissance Report Live into a cinematic register with Hive Triptych Cell, a full-length documentary filmed inside a 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse reimagined as a civic media environment. This iteration builds upon TR7’s established practice of fusing conceptual performance, sculptural inquiry, and curatorial authorship—translating the variety show format into a socially responsive spatial experience. The project served not only as a visual artwork and public performance but also as a collaborative platform for fellow artists, who were invited to share, reflect on, and activate their own practices. Hosted by Jason Carr, with key contributions from Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Aaron Terry, Julius Masri, Mark Dilks, and Coach Gaines, the film captures the breadth of interdisciplinary work unfolding within the installation—blending archival poetics, sonic improvisation, and live sculptural interventions. Thematically organized, Hive Triptych Cell included segments such as Vault Seven (interrogating surveillance and media power), Training Days (a video poem on self-defense and social awareness), and 2Spiral (exploring ancestral intelligence and emergent futures). Each section engaged with urgent contemporary conditions—articulating an ecosystem of performance, research, and cultural resistance. As with the earlier Icebox Project Space residency, this work reflects TR7’s coined methodology of artistic journalism: a hybrid approach that merges live production, conceptual architecture, and civic participation. By transforming the warehouse into a multi-channel space of inquiry, Hive Triptych Cell further affirmed TR7’s role as an artist-curator dedicated to nurturing platforms for critical dialogue, Black intellectual history, and intergenerational exchange. This cinematic chapter of Renaissance Report Live not only documents a moment but proposes a durable model of collective authorship—where cultural work, speculative design, and public witnessing converge in immersive, living form.

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