Stage is a participatory installation and sound work that draws on the history of the microphone as a tool for protest and public oratory, while recalling the metonymic references to microphones in hip-hop lyrics from the 1980s to the present.
From the very outset of her career in the 1950s, Niki de Saint Phalle (American and French, 1930–2002) defied artistic conventions, creating works that were overtly feminist, performative, collaborative, and monumental. Her first major US exhibition, Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life features over 200 works that highlight Saint Phalle’s interdisciplinary approach and engagement with pressing social issues. Innovation was key to Saint Phalle’s process: from beginning to end, she envisioned new ways of inhabiting the world.
Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well is a personal and singular record of an artist who has been living with HIV for more than half of his adult life. Born in Brooklyn in 1964 and raised mostly in Queens, Bordowitz transformed his art practice in the mid-1980s in response to the AIDS public health crisis.
For Pride Month, PS1 collaborates with Black Trans Liberation and founder Qween Jean to transform Homeroom into a sacred space of affirmations and offerings centering Black, trans, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming people. The space is intended for those who identify as trans to hold sanctuary, and to remember and honor loved ones. For those who identify as allies, this space asks us to learn about, protect, and celebrate Black trans legacies and lives.
On three consecutive Saturdays—August 7, August 14, and August 21—MoMA PS1 will present the pioneering summer outdoor music series, Warm Up, online and in-person with limited capacity, featuring sets from 4-8 p.m. (doors open at 2 p.m.), access to exhibitions and art in the Courtyard, and refreshments by Mina’s. Highlights include Amorphous, Yung Baby Tate, Yu Su, glaive and ericdoa, Sango, foreigner, La Goony Chonga, and more.
Black Trans Liberation founder Qween Jean lead a closing event for the Homeroom activation Black Trans Liberation: Memoriam and Deliverance. Qween Jean lead a virtual walkthrough of the space on MoMA PS1’s Instagram, followed by a live streamed panel discussion with Black trans leaders Ms. Ceyenne Doroshow, Tahtianna Fermin, Gia Love, Devin Michael Lowe, Raquel Willis, B. Hawk Snipes, and Marquise Vilsón Balenciaga. Following the discussion, Qween Jean held space on Rashid Johnson’s Stage to mark the closing.