MoMA PS1 presents a newly commissioned work made collaboratively by siblings Chuquimamani-Condori (Elysia Crampton Chuquimia, b. 1985, Inland Empire, CA) and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton (b. 1983, San Diego) in PS1’s double-height ground-floor gallery.
Through cinema and installation, Onyeka Igwe’s (b. 1986, London) multidisciplinary practice examines little-known historic events by collecting and combining documentary sources including government records, official reports, material artifacts, and personal memory, as well as gesture, voice, dance, and song.
Daniel Lind-Ramos (b. 1953, Loíza, Puerto Rico) uses found and gifted objects of personal, communal, and regional significance—such as debris, decorative objects, and everyday tools—to produce meticulously detailed assemblages that explore the traditions and histories of Afro-descendant communities in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and around the world.
For the last 15 years, Iiu Susiraja (b. 1975, Turku, Finland) has taken photographs of herself in domestic settings, most often in her home in Turku, Finland. MoMA PS1 presents the first solo museum exhibition of Susiraja’s work in the US, bringing together a focused selection of photographs and videos that highlight the trajectory of her practice since 2007.
MoMA PS1 presents an intergenerational storytelling project with Malikah, a global grassroots collective of women committed to building safety and power through healing justice, self-defense, and financial literacy.
For their first durational museum presentation, the avant-garde musical ensemble Standing on the Corner (American, est. 2016), led by Gio Escobar, will create a sonic, multimedia installation that brings together spiritual objects, modified instruments, and moving images.
Join us for performances by avant-garde musical ensemble Standing on the Corner. The artists will activate their exhibition Seven Prepared Pianos for the Seven African Powers, a large-scale installation of seven pianos distinctly presented and prepared, with symbolic objects inserted into their strings to create apparitional interventions.
Join us to celebrate two new exhibitions with a full day of screenings, talks, and performances by artists, activists, and scholars. The entire day is free and open to the public.
In the second part of the symposium on Indigenous and migrant justice, Bolivian and Aymara sociologist Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui will deliver a lecture on the topic of Andean oral history and her research on the Ayamaran concept of Ch’ixi, including ideas presents in her forthcoming book, A Ch’ixi World is Possible: Essays from a Present in Crisis.
Join us for performances by avant-garde musical ensemble Standing on the Corner. The artists will activate their exhibition Seven Prepared Pianos for the Seven African Powers, a large-scale installation of seven pianos distinctly presented and prepared, with symbolic objects inserted into their strings to create apparitional interventions.
