IMA Student Camilo Salas @zamilo is included in an exhibition and conversation this Sunday 4/14 as part of Proyecto Prismas @proyectoprismas residency at Selva in Bushwick Brooklyn. On Sunday there will be a talk about latin american art, documentation and archives between the artists Renata del Riego (MX), Camilo Salas (CL - NY), and Hector Llanquin (CL - NY), which will be mediated by artist and curator Juan Pablo Mapeto (CL - BR) and interlocutor Camilo Salas. After the conversation, there will be time to experience two video installations made for Prismas’s Finissage by artists Camilo Salas and Hector Llanquin. Sunday April 14th 7 pm - 10 pm @ Selva 1329 Willoughby Ave, BK #exhibition #conversation #artisttalk #video #installation #multimedia proyectoprismas.com

IMA alum MX Oops has a multimedia installation and immersive performance work at NY Live Arts tomorrow! April 11th 5:30-7pm and also on April 25-27 https://newyorklivearts.org/event/unfinished-animal-gallery-installation/ MX Oops [NONFATAL_ERROR] OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 11, 5:30-7PM FREE W/ RSVP 219 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011 Join us for the opening of a visual exhibition in the lobby of New York Live Arts featuring custom neon signs, as well as films, portraits and augmented reality video shot during the creation period for UnFiNiShEd aNiMaL. Research and collaboration in Ghana, Trinidad, Hawaii, and the Dominican Republic, are audio-visual meditations on how positive deviance can support personal and collective liberation. NEW YORK LIVE ARTS APRIL 25 – APRIL 27 TICKETS START AT $15/$25 APRIL 25, 7:30PM; 26 – 27, 9PM UnFiNiShEd aNiMaL is a party and multimedia performance that uses the vibrant aesthetics of queer nightlife culture to reveal how cognitive bias connects us all. The Live Arts theater will be transformed into a club, immersing the audience in an audio-visual-dance featuring live electronic music by Tr!ggered, vocal artistry by stefa marin alarcón, and dance by Jason A. Rodriguez. This is a journey toward wholeness, through bass, bars, and ecstatic bodies in motion. An interdisciplinary approach invites the audience to meditate on what might be unfinished about human cognition and how these biases keep us from building a better world together. Reserve Tickets + more info: https://newyorklivearts.org/event/unfinished-animal/ #multimedia #performance #dance #sound #installation @mx_oops @nylivearts

IMA alum Marisa Holmes and IMA alum + professor Betty Yu are included in an exciting conference at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (25 W 43rd Street, NYC) Wednesday April 10, 6:30-8:30pm, Marisa Holmes (author of Organizing Occupy Wall Street: This Is Just Practice) is participating in an event called, Legacies of Organizing at CUNY: The Power of Collective Action Link to RSVP and more info: https://slucuny.swoogo.com/10april2024/ ///// Friday April 12, 11:00am-4:30pm, Betty Yu is participating in an event called, Social Movement Histories in Practice: Oral History, Political Education, & Art Link to RSVP and more info: https://slucuny.swoogo.com/12april2024/ #conference #talk #discussion #conversation #paneltalk @cunyslu @marisa_holmes @bettyyu21

Multimedia artist and Art and IMA Professor Christina Freeman is included in Bronx Calling Bronx Museum Biennial https://bronxmuseum.org/exhibition/6aim-biennial2/ On View: April 12 – June 16, 2024 Exhibition Opening Party: Friday, April 12 from 7 to 9PM Free! RSVP: https://bronxmuseum.org/exhibition/6aim-biennial2/ Christina is exhibiting a project called Pleasures and Terrors of Pollination About the series “In response to stressful conditions like extreme heat or drought, a plant will switch into survival mode, going to seed, often before a gardener has a chance to harvest. Focusing all of its energy on the continuation of its species, my buttercrunch lettuce went from producing delicious, edible leaves to extending a spire of flowers. I became obsessed with observing bolting plants in my garden. Collecting specimens of arugula, cilantro, and buttercrunch lettuce, I set out to document their forms. With the same sunshine and water that nurtures the plants, I exposed and washed this series of cyanotypes. I am interested in the tension between the aesthetic pleasure of the flower and the plant’s expression of self preservation in the face of imminent death. The title comes from Aaron Siskind’s series Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation, where he documented divers suspended mid air, devoid of context, such that it is unclear whether they are floating or falling– or where they might land. The bolting buttercrunch lettuce feels akin to our current human condition; confronting the uncertainty of our fragile ecosystem. The last effort to survive can be beautiful and terrifying.” More about Christina’s work: https://christinafreeman.net/ #cyanotype #prints #installation #triptych #plants #preservation #collection #photograph @freeman_christina @bronxmuseum

Tonight! WORKS IN PROGRESS ! Friday, April 5th at 6:00pm at Hunter WIP is a gathering for IMA students to come together to share their ideas and unfinished work for feedback. IMA students Shira Kresch and PJ Rountree started the project and have been spearheading the series, it’s grown to include hosting and behind-the-scenes support by other IMA students like Zoha Akhter, Azia Egbe, Sabeena Singhani, Celeste Newcomb, A.J. Cincotta-Eichenfield WORKS IN PROGRESS takes place on the first friday night of the month. A great way for current students to get to know each other/‘s work and to create opportunities for feedback, discussion, and growth as a creative community—outside of class! A chance to connect with other IMAers at various stages in the program including Thesis! **Students don’t have to share work to go! Listening is great too! ** More info here: ima-mfa.hunter.cuny/works-in-progress (flyer by A.J. Cincotta-Eichenfield @a.j.c_e ) #WorksInProgress #gathering #feedback #community #ideas #multimedia #storytelling #film #installation #audio #sound #interactivemedia #animation #projectionmapping #music #performance #documentary #narrative @huntercollege @artsathunter

Activist, Filmmaker and IMA alum Seyi Adebanjo is featured on the Sista Brunch podcast! The beautiful conversation can be heard here: https://www.sistabrunch.com/episodes (and Spotify, Apple, Google podcasts, etc) Seyi talks about the path to filmmaking and the many layers of each project they create. “Explore Seyi’s thought-provoking documentaries like “Honor Black Trans Women” and “I Am/We Are Here/Oya,” and delve into their current project, AfroMystic, which explores spirituality and its connection to gender diverse communities.” More about Sista Brunch : https://www.sistabrunch.com @sistabrunchpodcast More about Seyi’s work: http://www.seyiadebanjo.com @seyi_adebanjo_llc #podcast #conversation #film #filmmaking #storytelling