The New Museum invited two scholars to review the work in process, speak with Ensayos practitioners, and contextualize this work in relation with both current scholarship and the broader cultural moment. Una Chaudhuri’s critically influential work on “eco-theatre” and Olivia Michiko Gagnon’s recent theorization of… … Keep Reading
Fortunes of the Forest: Divination, Dance, and Story was a livestreamed, participatory performance incorporating plant knowledge through ritual, movement and conversation. The event took place on August 18, 2020 as part of the digital residency “Ensayos: Passages” in celebration of the launch of our online periodical Más… … Keep Reading
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LISTEN HERE As part of our digital residency at the New Museum, Ensayos has launched three podcasts. Drawing from Ensayos’s transdisciplinary work, these podcasts focus on waters in different archipelagic regions, including Tierra del Fuego, New York, eastern Australia, and Norway. Journalist Catalina Jaramillo guides… … Keep Reading
Hydrofeminist METitations a listening series brought to you by Ensayos as a part of the digital residency at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Episode 3: the Americas — in Chile and in New York In this episode we think with wetlands. We squish through… … Keep Reading
Hydrofeminist METitations is a listening series brought to you by Ensayos as a part of the digital residency at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Episode 2: Norway Act 1: A glaciorhythmic audio collage from the Arctic Regions of ice and snow can seem like… … Keep Reading
Hydrofeminist METitations is a listening series brought to you by Ensayos as a part of their digital residency at the New Museum. Episode 1: Eastern Australia Act 1: Sarita Gálvez offers reflections on water and soil care drawn from ‘Creekulum’ (curriculum of the creek), an… … Keep Reading
Tuesday, June 23 at 2 PM EST. RSVP required. Register here for this program. This conversation takes the second season of the Ensayos web series “DISTANCIA” as a starting point to discuss the ethical dimensions of storytelling. Specifically, DISTANCIA collaborators will explore situated identity in relation to the physical, social, historical, and… … Keep Reading
New York, NY…New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement presents “Ensayos: Passages,” its first online artist residency, foregrounding the department’s year-round commitment to contemporary art and pedagogy centered on personal and social growth. The international collective Ensayos (translated as “inquiries”, “essays,” or “rehearsals” in… … Keep Reading