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Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin will investigate the material agency of melanin, the natural pigment that determines skin color

Harris and Daughter Home Goods will transform Recess into a hardware store, cooking show set, showroom, and interrogation of the American Dream.

EL RECREO will turn Recess into a home base for restaurant workers, with diverse programming addressing current issues faced by the food service.

Shug Avery’s Kiss, a project that will turn the physical space of Recess into a juke joint.

Invisible Man Tattoo is a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African Diaspora.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A two-month long project that proposes the titular structure as a site for investigating questions ranging from the practical to the poetic.

The artists conducted a speculative archaeological study of “the home,” examining the practical and symbolic value of the dwelling.

Perry takes the television series The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) as the starting point for an investigation of multi-dimensional identity construction.

Double Mouth Feedback explores the human voice as an instrument to express, or conversely, to repress, the self.

Hubbard and Knoop will explore connotations of production through a synthesis of clothing-making, sculpture and installation.

IfNf will create an installation that offers individuals a clairvoyant reading generated by the misuse of online search engines.

Magenheimer will construct sculptural sets composed of photographs, objects, and film equipment that will become the backdrop for a new video.

PK Worryshop will explore the cinematic trope of the “sad bar” along with the historical use of private cinema viewing machines.

Jessica Segall’s installation at Recess involves a very simple task rendered complicated in New York City.

Domenick will explore the historical genre of the still life and its accompanying fruit basket.