Decolonization, Queerness, and Ancestral Nurturance in Xango/Suave’s “Hooks And Stones”

“Hooks and Stones” embroidery piece by Mazzie  Interview by Marina Murayama Nir Last Winter, the Culturework team featured Hartford, Connecticut-raised, Oberlin-based, Puerto Rican experimental pop band, Xango/Suave, and their song, “Rituals,” on our Matriarchy Playlist. Their 2017 album, Equis, rich in varying musical styles, examines “colonial resistance in Puerto Rico and explores personal negotiations of…

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Patty Chang and the Persistence of Water

By Gustavo Carvajal Before visitors enter gallery 5 at the Queens Museum in New York, they encounter a sign informing them that the content in the Patty Chang exhibit may not be suitable for all audiences. Inside there is a U-shaped table where blown glass sculptures, made to look like cut, taped and twisted plastic…

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Helio Oiticica’s Anti-Art: An Immersive Vantage Point

by Marc Davis Visiting a museum often consists of standing in front of pieces of art not knowing what to look at or even what to think. Too often these expectations deprive many viewers of being able to experience art. Hélio Oiticica created his art in hope of bringing a new approach to how one…

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