Etymology of contract: “drawn together:” via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract (“drawn together, tightened”), from the verb contrahere, from con (“together”) + trahere (“draw”). MEMO Part I: Introduction This memo sets forth the objectives and strategies of “Drawn Together,” an exhibition that will facilitate the creation of updated organizational bylaws through the work of Anaïs Duplan, Maia Chao, and Yxta Maya …
Go to project GitHub siteDownload press release and recommended reading Playing in vast worlds, lovingly rendered jungles ofcycads and palms. The swelling itchy racket of cicadas. Teams self-organised on tribal loyalties: Vermillion, Jade, Tanzanite. Belisarius’ hippodromerefracted through cyberculture wars of the 2ndmillennium. Gaming non-stop, we genuinely happy.Soylent, drink ’til yer sick, just press the greenpaddle. …
ZIYANG WU, Where Did Macy Go?, 2020 (detail). Color digital video with sound. Edition 1 of 5. Installation dimensions variable. Duration: 08:57 min. Courtesy the artist Download Recommended Reading Cuchifritos Gallery and Residency Unlimited are pleased to present This side, or the other… a culminating group exhibition of work by the 2020 NYC-Based Artist Residents …
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present You Don’t See Me, an exhibition that critically engages ‘material as a suppressed history.’ Curated by Tariku Shiferaw, who is a current artist-in-residence of the LES Studio Program, through which this exhibition is made possible. Featured in this exhibition are artists Layo Bright, Adrienne Gaither, Mylo Mu, …
Download exhibition publication Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present Acquired Taste, a series of workshops led by LES Studio Program Resident Manuel Molina Martagon, on view at 88 Essex Street from February 21 through March 8, 2020. Acquired Taste is a cooking class/performance dinner during which cooking and food will be used as a vehicle …
Download interview with Joseph Buckley Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present Cousin Table, an exhibition with works by LES Studio Program Resident Joseph Buckley, on view at 88 Essex Street from January 10, 2020, through February 16, 2020. Cousin Table is a show of new sculptural works by Joseph Buckley. These works take as their starting points a …
Part two of the 3-part Workspace ’19 exhibition series, featuring new work by residents of AAI’s LES Studio Program Sandra Erbacher’s exhibition The Smallest Murmur… is an exploration of the structural and conceptual parallels between the open-plan office and the Panopticon prison. Using Foucault’s analysis of the Panopticon Erbacher explores the contemporary open-plan office including its design, landscaping, furniture …
Image: Boohri Park‚ opening, 2019, 30 x 24cm, ink on paper. Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is pleased to present Push/Pull, an exhibition of new work by Boohri Park. This is exhibition is part one of the 3-part Workspace ’19 exhibition series, featuring new work by residents of AAI’s LES Studio Program. Appearing frequently in Boohri Park’s work, doors and windows represent a …
Internet memes, once thought to be fun, silly and casual, are increasingly part of a sophisticated communications strategy. While memes can and do wreak havoc in our societies, notably our electoral processes, we invite you to consider a broader definition of memetic expression that includes the promotion of civic good and social equity through visual, …
Shihori Yamamoto. Bloom (04/26/2019, Spring Insomnia) 2019, ink on paper, 30 in. x 22 in. Cuchifritos Gallery and Residency Unlimited are pleased to present their ninth annual collaboration, In distinction from the material world, featuring new work from artists Sebastian Burger, Arghavan Khosravi, Zita Schüpferling, Serge Serum, and Shihori Yamamoto. Though distinct in their practices, each …