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As always, Loisaida Inc. is excited to offer the community an exciting roster events and activities. Please stay tuned for more--and make sure to RSVP!
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Now On View:
Activist Estates: A Radical History of Property in Loisaida
October 2nd - December 14th, 2019
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#activistestates @loisaidainc.center
An examination of participatory practices, buildings, and properties in the Lower East Side that are celebrated sites of resistance.
Vacant lots, storefronts, schoolhouses, factories and abandoned tenements in Loisaida became havens for experimental, communal practices. Amid current debates about urban justice and access to the city, Activist Estates critically re-evaluates the place of counter-institutional practices that shape the landscape of New York City and reveal the critical relationship between real estate, architecture and activism.
Visit us from Tuesday to Friday 12pm - 5pm, or by appointment by emailing [email protected].
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Architect Nandini Bagchee in conversation with
Sociologist Miranda Martinez
Saturday, October 12, 2019,
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Join Architect Nandini Bagchee in conversation with Sociologist Miranda Martinez at the Loisaida Center.
Nandini Bagchee is the designer and curator of the exhibit and author of
Counter Institution: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side (Fordham University Press, 2018).
Miranda Martinez is the author of
Power at the Roots: Community Gardens, Gentrification, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side (Lexington Books, 2010).
There is a limited capacity for the tour. Please
RSVP here.
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This event is part of #OpenArtsLES
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Open Studio Night with Artist-in-Residence Kevin Perez
"Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro in the Realm Of Forms, or the story of how in the Underworld, I was blinded by the light"
Friday, October 18th, 2019 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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Please join us for our current resident artists', Kevin Perez', open studio. Kevin Perez uses multi-disciplinary approach (performance, visual, sound) in the merged tendencies of Art Informel and Neuve Invention style, whose work means to be an exploration of the subconscious, its shadows and enlightenments.
An initial member of Loisaida's Garbagia Project collective, an aspect of Kevin's practice has involved collaborative, often participatory process involving people as the medium or material of the work. During his 3-month residency at Loisaida Center, Pérez has utilized the studio space to explore his solo practice to make sculptures, paintings, audio and video recordings, and give in to the evolving pursuit of a cohesive cosmology to share as outcome exhibit.
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The 2019
Quality of Life in Loisaida Zine Redux is here!
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Pictured: illustrations by Mya Pagan from the issue. Courtesy of Mya Pagan and Frances Negrón-Muntaner.
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In 2018, we reintroduced The Quality of Life in Loisaida/ Calidad de Vida en Loisaida, a magazine that was originally published in March 1978 and had been out of print since 1991. The team at the Loisaida Center has once again decided to publish a new issue of the magazine as last year's issue was received with an overwhelmingly warm response.
We are especially grateful to our summer fellows Wilfred Guerron and Dylan Garcia for leading this very special project.
Read the full editions here.
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Welcoming New Staff:
Paul Garrin, Creative Technologist
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Please join us in welcoming our new staffer, Paul Garrin, who will be leading our creative technology initiatives as a part of
El Semillero!
Paul Garrin is an interdisciplinary artist and social entrepreneur whose work explores the social impact of technology and issues of media access, free speech, public/private space, and the digital divide. In 2003, Garrin launched WiFi-NY, an independent, cooperative community wireless broadband network that serves downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. He continues to live and work in the Lower East Side.
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Cuerpxs Queer en El Caribe: Fronteras e Identidades
Artist Talks by Helen Ceballos and Lio Villahermosa
@ The Hemispheric Institute
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The Hemispheric Institute will present the work of our friends, the Caribbean multidisciplinary artists
Helen Ceballos and
Lío Villahermosa, who are part of Puerto Rico's contemporary performance art scene. Their artistic practices interconnect, exploring issues of identity, queerness, and cross-Caribbean linkages based on conceptual and physical notions of the border. As artists, cultural workers, and creators, both Helen and Lío are driven by a strong social and political commitment to their communities. They are among the 20 artists selected by Northwestern University for the
Puerto Rican Arts Initiative, an arts incubation platform intent in incentivizing contemporary art practices that engage community in post-hurricane María Puerto Rico.
Please join them on
Thursday, October 17, 2019 (20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, NY, NY) these artists will share their artistic practice through a performative artist talk, followed by a conversation with our artistic advisory board member and professor
Tomás Urayoán Noel and a reception with live music.
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The 14th Annual Borimix
starting Friday, November 1st at 6:30 pm
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY 10002
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The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA) in collaboration with Teatro LATEA and The Clemente is proud to present the 14th edition of BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest 2019 starting Friday, November 1st at 6:30 pm.
This year they will honor Ecuador and its rich legacy of cultural contributions. With shared musical influences and so much more, Borimix aims to highlight the differences and similarities that make both Puerto Rico and Ecuador so uniquely vibrant.
The past festival editions, presented over 25 events that reached more than 10,000 during the month-long celebration and this year is no exception. The programming will include more than twenty events in visual arts, theatre, spoken word, film, live music, panel discussions and much more that celebrate the rich cultures of both Puerto Rico and Ecuador.
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Lunchtime Lecture | Counter Institution: Insurgent Spaces with Nandini Bagchee
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12 - 2pm
@ Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues
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In a talk focused on her research for the book and an ongoing engagement with questions of urban justice and access to the city, author and architect Nandini Bagchee will share her methods of documenting and interrogating the history of the Counter Institution.
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710 E. 9th Street New York, NY 10009
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