September 24, Friday 6–7pm > artist talk +
7–9pm > public reception
Please note, as per the New York City Covid-19 Executive Order 225, proof of vaccination, as well as an I.D., will be required upon entry.“Proof of vaccination” means proof of receipt of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use or licensed for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or authorized for emergency use by the World Health Organization. Such proof may be established by: A CDC Vaccination Record Card, New York City COVID Safe Pass, New York State Excelsior Pass, or an official immunization record from the jurisdiction, state, or country where the vaccine was administered or a digital or physical photo of such a card or record, reflecting the person’s name, vaccine brand, and date administered.
Join us for an artist talk and public reception in celebration of the opening of un/mute, an international group exhibition of collaborative works by 28 artists across multiple disciplines.
<))) 6–7pm: Artist talk, moderated by Romanian Cultural Institute Director Dorian Branea, featuring several artists of un/mute and co-curator Daina Mattis.
<))) 7–9 pm: Public reception.
Dorian Branea is the director of the Romanian Cultural Institute and the president of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) New York Cluster. He is a cultural diplomat, cultural entrepreneur, author, and translator. Completed English and American Studies at the Western University of Timișoara, followed by graduate work in International Relations at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Negotiation at Oxford University’s Said Business School. Ph.D. in English and American Studies.
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Yi Hsuan Lai (b,1988) is a visual artist from Taiwan currently working in New York. She recently completed her MFA in Photography and Related Video Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her graphic design and live theatre documentation background led her to develop an artistic process that combines performance, staged self-portraiture, installation, and sculpture-based photography. Yi Hsuan Lai combines photography and sculpture to create work that speaks to the physical and psychological experiences that reflect the complexity of self-identity and the Otherness.
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Sydney Shavers is a performance-based transmedia artist living and working in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Mumbai, and throughout the Northeast and Midwest USA. Shavers is also an educator & programmer who has developed workshops and lectures for alternative education platforms (Drawstring Magazine’s LEARN) as well as institutional academia.
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Kris Grey is a New York City-based transgender artist who uses their body as raw material, often presenting themselves in states of extreme vulnerability as an invitation to experience transcendence or discover hidden queer histories. Grey’s cultural work includes curatorial projects, performance, writing, and studio production in ceramics. Grey has been a resident artist at the Bronx Museum, Fire Island Artist Residency, ANTI Festival for Contemporary Art, International Centre for Training in the Performing Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson.
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Luisa Muhr is a multi-lingual, multi- and interdisciplinary performer, improviser, director, installation artist, sound artist, theater maker, originally from Vienna (Austria), lives and works in New York, and is at home in the experimental/avant-garde.
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