Cover Image for LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM Juneteenth Celebration WSG DJ Pressure (Live Set)
Cover Image for LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM Juneteenth Celebration WSG DJ Pressure (Live Set)
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LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM Juneteenth Celebration WSG DJ Pressure (Live Set)

Hosted by PLAYGROUND DETROIT
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About Event

You’re Invited to a special Juneteenth Celebration at LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM for the LAST evening to experience Raymar’s debut solo exhibition.

RSVP to attend an exclusive Live DJ set by DJ PRESSURE and photography portrait sessions with Emerging Artist Fellows, Lo Cayne x Raymar.

Show up dressed up and celebrate Detroit's creative community in honor of Juneteenth.

DRESS CODE: GUNMETAL LIQUID METAL INDUSTRIAL SILVER / STATIC / SOFT ARMOR

COLORS TEXTURES: Black, silver, smoke, washed neutrals. Distressed layers, mesh, leather, nylon, hardware.

ACCESSORIES: Think studs, moto gloves, silver jewelry, industrial eyewear, sculptural hair pieces.

You are part of the art installation.

Thank you to our generous sponsor, LONG ROAD Distillers and Gilbert Family Foundation for their support of the Emerging Artist Fellowship Program.

This celebration of Black culture, Black history, Black resistance, Black art, and Black community invites community and friends across the city to commemorate Juneteenth as more than a federal holiday, but a cultural commemoration of freedom.

"LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM" is an act of resolution: through the exhibition, Raymar confronts the tension between stillness and avoidance, asking what it means to face what lies within rather than move past it. The work embraces the notion that forward movement often requires direct engagement with discomfort — and that “the only way out is through.”

"LIGHTSTRUCK PHENOM" invites viewers to reflect on their own moments of pause and transition, and to consider the resources—often already within reach—that make movement forward possible.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Raymar is a Detroit-based multidisciplinary artist whose work merges filmmaking, photography, music culture, and performance to explore family, identity, and the creation of alternative visual realities. He is a recipient of the 2025 Emerging Artist Fellowship powered by Gilbert Family Foundation.

Beginning as the eldest sibling documenting home life on early smartphone cameras, he developed a cinematic language rooted in musicality and everyday storytelling—an approach that later led to his home film being featured in his installation 918 during Detroit Design Month 2023.

Influenced by Detroit’s artistic lineage and early inspirations like Beyoncé’s fusion of music, fashion, and visual narrative, Raymar has expanded his practice into fashion films, photo series, projection mapping, music videos, creative direction, and songwriting, crafting imagery that reflects both personal history and forward-looking experimentation.

Location
PLAYGROUND DETROIT Gallery
2845 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48207, USA
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