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Thanks to everyone who joined us for a vibrant line-up of fall programs, with #AsiaStewart’s performance pictured here. We hope you’re able to find time to reflect and rest ahead of 2025!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a vibrant line-up of fall programs, with #AsiaStewart’s performance pictured here. We hope you’re able to find time to reflect and rest ahead of 2025!
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📢 Announcing Joiri Minaya: Geographic Bodies, a solo exhibition on view from 3/13–6/14 at The 8th Floor centering Minaya's experiences growing up in the Dominican Republic, as well as her perspectives on politics related to the body – learn more: the8thfloor.org/minaya

📢 Announcing <a href="/JoiriMinaya/">Joiri Minaya</a>: Geographic Bodies, a solo exhibition on view from 3/13–6/14 at The 8th Floor centering Minaya's experiences growing up in the Dominican Republic, as well as her perspectives on politics related to the body – learn more: the8thfloor.org/minaya
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Our fourth annual open call for curators to stage an exhibition at The 8th Floor is accepting applications thru 2/28! Group show proposals with an experimental and/or pedagogical approach to our mission of art and social justice can be submitted here: sdrubin.org/curators

Our fourth annual open call for curators to stage an exhibition at The 8th Floor is accepting applications thru 2/28! Group show proposals with an experimental and/or pedagogical approach to our mission of art and social justice can be submitted here: sdrubin.org/curators
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Announcing spring 2025 programs at The 8th Floor, featuring Joiri Minaya, Marcelline Mandeng Nken, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, Ashleigh Deosaran & Eileen Jeng Lynch! Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/events

Announcing spring 2025 programs at The 8th Floor, featuring Joiri Minaya, Marcelline Mandeng Nken, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, Ashleigh Deosaran &amp; Eileen Jeng Lynch! Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/events
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#AshleighDeosaran has penned an invigorating essay for #JoiriMinaya’s “Geographic Bodies,” opening 3/13 – building out the material history of botanical motifs among many other themes in the exhibition. RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…

#AshleighDeosaran has penned an invigorating essay for #JoiriMinaya’s “Geographic Bodies,” opening 3/13 – building out the material history of botanical motifs among many other themes in the exhibition. RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…
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Opening next Thurs 3/13 6-8pm, Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies” spans over a decade of the artist’s multimedia practice, which plumbs the legacies of exotification and commodification wrought by global imperialism – RSVPs encouraged here: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…

Opening next Thurs 3/13 6-8pm, Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies” spans over a decade of the artist’s multimedia practice, which plumbs the legacies of exotification and commodification wrought by global imperialism – RSVPs encouraged here: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…
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Thurs 3/20: Marcelline Mandeng Nken's "Rush Hour," a performance-installation that unfolds inside a moving train 🚂 Exploring migration, displacement, and time travel 🌀 Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/rush…

Thurs 3/20: Marcelline Mandeng Nken's "Rush Hour," a performance-installation that unfolds inside a moving train 🚂 Exploring migration, displacement, and time travel 🌀 Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/rush…
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6-8pm tonight, join us to celebrate the opening of Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies,” presenting multiple series from her rich practice over the past decade. Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…

6-8pm tonight, join us to celebrate the opening of Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies,” presenting multiple series from her rich practice over the past decade. Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…
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Tomorrow at The 8th Floor, Marcelline Mandeng Nken will premiere the second of three acts of “Rush Hour"! Her practice draws from concepts of syncretism, non-human intelligence, and the labor traditions of the Global South - details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/rush…

Tomorrow at The 8th Floor, Marcelline Mandeng Nken will premiere the second of three acts of “Rush Hour"! Her practice draws from concepts of syncretism, non-human intelligence, and the labor traditions of the Global South - details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/rush…
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María Elena Ortiz reflects on “Geographic Bodies” at The 8th Floor in artforum's April print edition – or, continue reading here: artforum.com/features/joiri…

María Elena Ortiz reflects on “Geographic Bodies” at The 8th Floor in <a href="/Artforum/">artforum</a>'s April print edition – or, continue reading here: artforum.com/features/joiri…
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4/17: Kevin Quiles Bonilla presents a new iteration of his lecture-performance “Study of Piles," exploring various moments, places, and people, specifically imagery from Puerto Rico's political history. Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/piles

4/17: Kevin Quiles Bonilla presents a new iteration of his lecture-performance “Study of Piles," exploring various moments, places, and people, specifically imagery from Puerto Rico's political history. Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/piles
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Performing this Thursday at The 8th Floor, Kevin Quiles Bonilla is an interdisciplinary artist born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Through photography, performance & installation, his works explore ideas around power, colonialism, & history. Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/piles

Performing this Thursday at The 8th Floor, Kevin Quiles Bonilla is an interdisciplinary artist born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Through photography, performance &amp; installation, his works explore ideas around power, colonialism, &amp; history. Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/piles
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On the occasion of the current show “Joiri Minaya: Geographic Bodies” S&D Rubin Foundation / The 8th Floor, María Elena Ortiz provides a Spotlight on the artist’s embodied critiques of colonial legacies in the Caribbean. artforum.com/features/joiri…

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5/15 “Essential Tremors” by Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, a piece of live cinema that traces the knotted influences that surround a single vibrational nexus: a phone call between a boy & his father on 9/11/1973, the day of the coup d'etat in Chile. Info & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/trem…

5/15 “Essential Tremors” by Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez, a piece of live cinema that traces the knotted influences that surround a single vibrational nexus: a phone call between a boy &amp; his father on 9/11/1973, the day of the coup d'etat in Chile. Info &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/trem…
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Don’t miss Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez’s “Essential Tremors” on 5/15 – reflecting on the extractive realities of digital life, the material legacy of colonial neoliberalism, & the potential of vibration as an interpretive instrument of history. Details & RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/trem…

Don’t miss Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez’s “Essential Tremors” on 5/15 – reflecting on the extractive realities of digital life, the material legacy of colonial neoliberalism, &amp; the potential of vibration as an interpretive instrument of history. Details &amp; RSVP: the8thfloor.org/newevents/trem…
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📢 Announcing Dr. Gervais Marsh as the recipient of our 2025 Curatorial Open Call! Marsh will curate “An Inherent Undoing," a group exhibition planning to examine the im/possibility of reparation in a world shaped by violent fissures. Learn more: the8thfloor.org/sp26

📢 Announcing Dr. Gervais Marsh as the recipient of our 2025 Curatorial Open Call! Marsh will curate “An Inherent Undoing," a group exhibition planning to examine the im/possibility of reparation in a world shaped by violent fissures. Learn more: the8thfloor.org/sp26
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6/12: Joiri Minaya will be joined by academic Ashleigh Deosaran, writer of the exhibition’s catalogue essay, and Eileen Jeng Lynch, Director of Curatorial Programs at the Bronx Museum, for a discussion in the final week of Geographic Bodies: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…

6/12: Joiri Minaya will be joined by academic Ashleigh Deosaran, writer of the exhibition’s catalogue essay, and Eileen Jeng Lynch, Director of Curatorial Programs at the Bronx Museum, for a discussion in the final week of Geographic Bodies: the8thfloor.org/newevents/mina…
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Reflecting on "Geographic Bodies" in The Brooklyn Rail, Elizabeth Wiet writes: "Minaya lays bare the neocolonialism buried beneath the accoutrements—vivid flowers, bursting fruits—that represent the Caribbean in the Northern imagination." Continue reading: brooklynrail.org/2025/06/artsee…

Reflecting on "Geographic Bodies" in <a href="/TheBrooklynRail/">The Brooklyn Rail</a>, Elizabeth Wiet writes: "Minaya lays bare the neocolonialism buried beneath the accoutrements—vivid flowers, bursting fruits—that represent the Caribbean in the Northern imagination." Continue reading: brooklynrail.org/2025/06/artsee…
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A few glimpses of the many brilliant artists who lit up our space in recent months ✨ Come by the gallery by tomorrow, June 14 from 11am-6pm for the last day of Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies” – we’ll be back with a new slate of programming this fall!

A few glimpses of the many brilliant artists who lit up our space in recent months ✨ Come by the gallery by tomorrow, June 14 from 11am-6pm for the last day of Joiri Minaya’s “Geographic Bodies” – we’ll be back with a new slate of programming this fall!