Unrequited Leisure is a curatorial project by Chalet Comellas and Clinton Sleeper.
From 2019 to 2024 we ran a gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, that focused on emerging and mid-career artists exploring screen-based approaches to critical and topical investigations. Exhibitions in the gallery were selected through a thematic frameworks.
Under the moniker AIR_(space) Projects we curated flags, and objects that could be exhibited as flags under the project title , from a pole in front of our gallery in front of the Packing Plant. This project lasted from April 3rd, 2021 to June 14, 2022 (Flag Day).
Throughout that time we also curated exhibitions and online and continue to focus our efforts on pop-up exhibitions in physical spaces and virtual projects online.
We identify the significance of plurality and diverse voices and since we started this project in 2019, more than ninety percent of the artists shown by Unrequited Leisure identify as those from historically underrepresented populations in contemporary art.
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We were located at 507 Hagan Street Studio C,
The Packing Plant, Nashville, TN, 37203
The Packing Plant remains an important contributor to culture in Nashville, and we hope you will visit.