Exhibition
Once More, with Feeling
11 Nov 2016 – 23 Dec 2016
EFA Project Space
New York, United States
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Regarding the State of Others
Event
Regarding the State of Others
22 Dec 2016
Address
- 323 West 39th Street
- 2nd Floor
- New York
New York - 10018
- United States
Event map
Drawing from Bass and Mohaiemen's recent works, this conversation examines, with the audience, the possibilities of understanding, the aesthetic effects of small acts, and ways to slow down and gently amplify each other.
About
A wave of global xenophobia reminds us, again, about the fragility of our emotional world: people seem unable to talk to, empathize with, or even see the other. The recent U.S. election has spurred a burst of crisis activism, begging an important question: when should this work be rapid, and when is it better to slow down? Chloë Bass and Naeem Mohaiemen have been discussing forms of political agency invested in smaller units: friends, collaborators, neighbors, families.
Drawing from Bass and Mohaiemen's recent works (separately and together), this conversation examines, with the audience, the possibilities of understanding, the aesthetic effects of small acts, and ways to slow down and gently amplify each other. Considering the gendered economy of emotional labor, and the sometimes-forced separations between studio work and direct organizing, how can we open our forms to more possibilities?
