In the context of an ongoing pandemic and upheaval, artist and pedagogue Adeilta Husni-Bey and writer Amalle Dublon will reflect on the meaning of her artwork, The Council, in MCA Denver’s exhibition Citizenship: A Practice of Society, addressing it initially through Douglas Crimp’s seminal 1989 essay “Mourning and Militancy.” During this program Adelita and Amalle will collaborate on a short speculative fiction text, arrived at through an online adaptation of the exquisite corpse technique. They will invite participants to join us in writing collectively and speculatively about citizenship, militancy and grief.
This program will take place via Zoom.
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ABOUT ADELITA HUSNI-BEY
Adelita Husni-Bey is an artist and pedagogue interested in anarco-collectivism, theater, law and urban studies. She organizes workshops, produces publications, radio broadcasts, archives and exhibition work focused on using non-competitive pedagogical models through the framework of contemporary art. Working with activists, architects, jurists, schoolchildren, spoken word poets, actors, urbanists, physical therapists, athletes, teachers and students across different backgrounds the work focuses on unpacking the complexity of collectivity. She is a 2012 Whitney Independent Study Program fellow, a 2016 Graham Foundation grantee and has represented Italy at the Venice Biennale of Art, 2017 with a video rooted in anti-extractivist struggles. She currently teaches at The Cooper Union.
ABOUT AMALLE DUBLON
Amalle Dublon received a PhD in Literature from Duke University, where their dissertation brought questions of sound and aurality to bear on queer and feminist thought. Amalle’s writing has appeared in Artpapers, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, and TDR: The Drama Review, among other publications. They helped to organize I Wanna Be with You Everywhere, a gathering of disabled artists and writers at Performance Space and the Whitney Museum, in 2019. Amalle teaches at the New School.
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