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.
Greater New York, MoMA PS1’s signature survey of artists living and working in the New York City area, returns for its fifth edition. Delayed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this iteration offers an intimate portrayal of New York City, forging connections between often under-examined histories of art-making in the city.
Nuevayorkinos partnered with key members of the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, Make the Road New York, New York Communities for Change, and the Street Vendor Project to transform Homeroom into a site of celebration in honor of immigrant culture and labor in New York, particularly in Queens.
(Never) As I Was marks the third year of the multiyear partnership between The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA PS1, featuring new work by the 2020–21 artist in residence cohort: Widline Cadet (b. 1992, Pétion-Ville, Haiti), Texas Isaiah (b. Brooklyn, NY), Genesis Jerez (b. 1993, Bronx, NY), and Jacolby Satterwhite (b. 1986, Columbia, South Carolina).
A celebration of immigrant cultures and labor in New York which honored the power and creativity of New York’s multi-faceted immigrant community with art workshops, craft and food vendors, and live performances on Rashid Johnson’s Stage. The celebration marked the historic $2.1 billion Excluded Workers’ Fund, passed in 2021 which was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event payed homage to the hunger strikers, advocates, and organizers who secured essential funding for New Yorkers left out of traditional stimulus packages, including undocumented New Yorkers. The opening ceremony was conducted by Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, Estrella Norteña, and BombaYo. Live performances included: Bulla en el Barrio, Tropical Fete, Inc., Caribbean Rhythm Tassa Group, The Salsa Project: Carlitos Padrón and Rumberos Del Callejón, and Afro Dominicano. DJ performances included: DJ Sadboy and UndocuBougie. Emulsify conducted an art workshop. Ning Wang and Dongke Ni drew portraits. Food and craft provided by: Rosa Aca, Mary Carmen Sevilla Espinosa & Miguel Angel Padilla Sanchez, Yue-Huan Jiang, Amr Saleh, Fatoumata Camara, Mariela Vivar, and Maria V. Carchi.
In conjunction with Greater New York, the New York Oyster Conference convenes a conversation to examine the role of oysters in New York’s ecological history and their relation to the cultural and urban development of the city.