Brian Fuata: “of a house besieged (preposition tweaked)”
Featuring Brian Fuata’s of a house besieged (preposition tweaked) (2020), alongside a text written by Matthew Lyons.
Will Lee: “All it does is turn”
Featuring a link to download Will Lee’s videogame All it does is turn, alongside a manual.
June Canedo de Souza: “Every Memory Belongs to a Myth”
Featuring June Canedo de Souza’s ongoing project, Every Memory Belongs to a Myth, alongside an introductory text by Lumi Tan and writing by the artist.
A.J. McClenon and Katherine Simóne Reynolds: “Gestures Investigating the Good and Not So Good In Relationships – As Shown to Us by Blondell Cummings”
Featuring a new project by A.J. McClenon and Katherine Simóne Reynolds, Gestures Investigating the Good and Not So Good In Relationships – As Shown to Us by Blondell Cummings (2022), alongside excerpts of the archival recording of Blondell Cummings’s performance at The Kitchen from November 30–December 3, 1989 and a series of collages by McClenon, Inspirited by For J.B. & 3B49 (2022).
Umber Majeed: “Trans-Pakistan Zindabad”
Featuring Umber Majeed’s ongoing Trans-Pakistan Zindabad project, alongside a text written by Matthew Lyons.
Amit Desai: “ANTHRODRAMA”
Featuring excerpts from Amit Desai's film Cross Eyed (2021), alongside an introduction written by Lumi Tan and additional text written by the artist.
Allana Clarke: “Of My Longing & My Lack”
Featuring Allana Clarke’s Of My Longing and My Lack (2019), alongside a text written by Legacy Russell.
Rhea Dillon: “(Working Title) Browning 2025”
Featuring Rhea Dillon’s (Working Title) Browning 2025 (2021), along with contextualizing texts and a response to the video written by 2021–2022 Curatorial Fellow Sienna Fekete.
Abbey Williams: “Intermission” and “Overture”
Featuring Abbey Williams’s Intermission (2018) and Overture (2020), alongside a text written by Legacy Russell and excerpts from films that the artist references in her work.
Neta Bomani: “Dark matter objects: Technologies of capture and things that can’t be held”
Featuring Neta Bomani’s Dark matter objects: Technologies of capture and things that can’t be held (2018–present), a storybook for children and adults about computational history and technology.
Ilana Harris-Babou: “Coral Gardens”
Featuring a new multimedia work by Ilana Harris-Babou, Coral Gardens (2021), which brings together video, archival documents, and contemporary correspondence.
Jen Liu >< Fred Ho /// “Electropore” >< “Warrior Sisters”
Featuring a work-in-progress video by artist Jen Liu, Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Electropore (2021), alongside excerpts from the video recording of the sci-fi opera from which this new work draws inspiration: Warrior Sisters: The New Adventures of African and Asian Womyn Warriors by composer and musician Fred Ho and librettist Ann T. Greene, staged at The Kitchen in 2000. Writing by Liu, archival materials related to Warrior Sisters, and reference materials for Electropore accompany the videos.
fields harrington: “Alchemical Affinities”
Featuring new writing by artist fields harrington that responds to three works represented in The Kitchen’s archive: Kerry James Marshall’s Doppler Incident (1997), Butch Morris’s Current Trends in Racism in Modern America: (A Work in Progress) (1985), and Tracie Morris’s Sonic Synthesis (1999). Excerpts from performance recordings and ephemera are also included.
Elaine Summers: “Windows in The Kitchen”
Featuring a text by Matthew Lyons and selections of video stills and archival ephemera related to the 16mm film by Elaine Summers, Windows in The Kitchen (1981).
Steffani Jemison: “Recitatif (What if we need new words?)”
Featuring an interview between Steffani Jemison and curator Cindy Sissokho about the artist’s series of works titled Recitatif. Jemison and Sissokho discuss the series and their collaboration on the performance Recitatif: Never saying anything at all (2017), at Nottingham Contemporary in 2017.
Ian Andrew Askew: “SLAMDANCE TV”
Featuring a new video by Ian Andrew Askew, SLAMDANCE TV (2021), accompanied by writing by the artist and archival material from a 1986 performance by The Black Rock Coalition at The Kitchen.
Tracy + the Plastics: “ROOM at The Kitchen” (2005/2014)
Featuring a video that revisits ROOM, a 2005 installation and performance by Tracy + the Plastics and Fawn Krieger at The Kitchen. An introductory text, images, and ephemera accompany the video.
Woody Sullender: “Four Movements: Live at the Kitchen”
Featuring a new video by Woody Sullender, Four Movements: Live at the Kitchen (2021), which expands on the artist’s music album constructed in video game space, Four Movements (2020). A text by the artist accompanies the video.
Na Mira: “Passages Paysages Passengers”
Featuring an experimental video by Na Mira, Tesseract (test) (2020) with related archival images from a 1982 screening at The Kitchen of a work by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. These are accompanied by an introductory text by Kathy Cho, 2020–2021 Curatorial Fellow and a narrative written by Mira on the process of creating Tesseract.
Literature at The Kitchen
Featuring recordings of selected performances and events by four artists who have presented literature or language-based programming at The Kitchen between 1976 and the present day—Constance DeJong, Jessica Hagedorn, Carl Hancock Rux, and Matvei Yankelevich of Ugly Duckling Presse—alongside images and ephemera from The Kitchen’s archive and an introductory text.