The book launch of a new artist monograph by Vuslat, published by Distanz, centered on the concept of Emanet—a layered notion of trust, care, guardianship, and entrusted memory knowledge. Vuslat will be in conversation with Eric Shiner, President of Powerhouse Arts, for an evening exploring the ideas and processes behind the publication.

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Performance with Khaled Jarrar.

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The performance features a conversation with three matriarchal species, likely representing ancestral wisdom, environmental connection, and nurturing. An olive tree in pain from snow, a woman grieving the lost her son, a back goat running to the mountains for her life. A matriarchal resilience, eco-colonialism, grief, and the struggle between life-giving forces and destructive patriarchal power. A black goat as anti colonial destructive machine.

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Lido Pimienta will contribute a special musical performance for CONDUCTOR’s VIP Opening Night. Presented here in a rare a cappella performance, Pimienta strips her work to its most essential element: the voice.

The Gochman Family Collection (GFC) mission is to expand and deepen the global understanding of contemporary Native art. The Collection supports and promotes artists whose practices critically engage with colonial worldviews and challenge dominant historical narratives.

CONDUCTOR VIPs are invited to a walkthrough of Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa: Lugar de Consuelo (Place of Solace), led by Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America. 

Discover the fabrication shops at Powerhouse Arts with a guided tour of the Ceramics Studio, Printshop, and Public Arts workshop. The tour will feature some work-in-progress that PHA fabrication team will be working on including Khaled Jarrar, Precious Okoyomon, Bugarin + Castle, and PHA Artists Subsidy Program recipients, Coral Saucedo Lomeli and Bahar Behbahani.