Catalog Launch and Performance: subharmonic inquiry
February 29, 6:30-8:30 PM
abreu will present a virtual reading in accompaniment to their poetic intervention in the exhibition. Performer Jonathan González will simultaneously activate abreu’s installation in the gallery in real time. The intervention will question language’s ability to represent ritual practices and reflect on how bodies move through temporal environments and borders.
About manuel arturo abreu:
manuel arturo abreu (born 1991, Santo Domingo) is a non-disciplinary artist who lives and works on unceded lands of Multnomah, Cowlitz, Clackamas, Chinook, Kalapuya, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and other First People of the Pacific Northwest. abreu works with what is at hand in a process of magical thinking with attention to ritual aspects of aesthetics. Since 2015, they have co-facilitated home school, a free pop-up art school and space of sacred duty in the Pacific Northwest that has been in residence at Yale Union (2019) and Oregon Contemporary (2023). abreu has recently included projects in exhibitions at Kraupa- Tuskany Zeidler (Berlin), Kunstverein München (Munich), Palazzo San Giuseppe (Polignano a Mare, Italy), Halle Für Kunst Steiermark (Graz, Austria), Kunstraum Niederösterreich (Vienna), Veronica (Seattle), and the Athens Biennial 7. They have recently published articles with The Kitchen (NYC) and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (NYC), and catalogue contributions for Star Feliz (Printed Matter), Dozie Kanu (Neuer Essener Kunstverein), and Hervé Télémaque (Serpentine Gallery).
About Jonathan González:
Jonathan González‘s work unfolds at the intersection of choreography, sound, text, and platforms for study and curation. González has received fellowships from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Art Matters Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. They have been an artist in residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Trinidad Performance Institute, Loghaven Artist Residency; and The Kitchen. González has been nominated as Breakout Choreographer (2019), Outstanding Production (ZERO, Danspace Project, 2019), and Outstanding Performer by the New York Bessie Dance & Performance Awards. González's writings have been published in Movement Research Journal, Contact Quarterly, and Cultured, among others.
manuel arturo abreu and Veronica Project Space (Seattle). Installation view of Salomon at Veronica Project Space Seattle (October 9 – November 20, 2021).
