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May 2016

Float

Birgit Rathsmann

May 14–July 9, 2016

Kingdom Splurge (4)

Lauren Halsey

An interplanetary liquid environment composed of hyperreal gardens, fantasy landscapes, and pools of beauty water.

July 2016

Ecstatic Resilience

Sable Elyse Smith

September 1–October 29, 2016

Refuge in the Means

Canaries

Canaries will address the two primary components of their practice—collective care and self-care—through programs and documentary activities

October 2016

Rapport

Corrine Fitzpatrick

November 3–December 23, 2016

BROUHAHA

Željka Blakšić

BROUHAHA is a shape-shifting habitat, with a sculptural skate ramp positioned in the space as its physical anchor.

December 2016

Get in Where You Can Fit in

Danielle Jackson

January 3–March 4, 2017

You Never Know What Idea You Might Have

Motoko Fukuyama

A two-month project that will forge links between Recess and Argo Electronics, located on Canal Street one block away from our storefront.

January 12–March 9, 2017

Shaun Leonardo: Assembly

Shaun Leonardo

Assembly is invested in reframing the narrative around the justice system with and for court-involved participants

March 2017

Fantasies of the Junk Shop

Hunter Braithwaite

March 10–April 8, 2017

Faked/Out

Andrew Lampert

Faked/Out is a multi-platform response to the world’s current information crises.

March 30–June 17, 2017

Iyapo Repository

Salome Asega and Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde

a speculative lab and resource library operated by Salome Asega and Ayodamola Okunseinde that maintains a collection of digital and physical artifacts

April 15–May 21, 2017

Recess: May 21, 2014

Am Schmidt

Recess: May 21, 2014, a month-long summoning of musician Dave Navarro.

May 27–July 9, 2017

Wonder Room

Allison Janae Hamilton

Wonder Room is a hybrid of a treehouse, resource lounge, imaginative think tank, and community environment.

June 23–September 1, 2017

then the street lights–like a warning bell

Sable Elyse Smith

a project by Sable Elyse Smith consisting of constellation of works that simultaneously reference sites of play and enclosure

July 13–September 1, 2017

Steady Pulse

Brendan Fernandes

Steady Pulse is a club that plays host to a diverse range of happenings and interventions, including performances, movement workshops, conversations.

August 2017

Ground Up

Kemi Adeyemi

September 7–December 22, 2017

Project al-Khwarizmi (PAK) POP-UP Workshop

Stephanie Dinkins

an investigation of algorithms exposing pervasive forms of digital discrimination

September 8–October 28, 2017

The Service Room

Maayan Strauss

The Service Room is a project that will create a unique environment and framework for the communal exchange of services.

October 2017

Kitchen Sink Drama

Joshua Simon

November 2017

To Do You

Will Rawls

November 3–December 23, 2017

A Ponemos Chancla

Troy Michie

A Ponemos Chancla is an installation that simulates a men’s formalwear shop to explore camouflage, the semiotics of fashion.