ENDLESS EDITIONS BIENNIAL: OPTIMISM
December 7—21, 2018
MATERIALS
RELATED EVENTS
T-Shirt launch by Jennifer Sullivan – Saturday, December 15, 4:00-8:00 pm
Smell and Draw by Mariana Vidal-Escabi – Saturday, December 15, 4:00-8:00 pm
Curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Marcela Pardo Ariza
Shelly Bahl
Sarula Bao
Mitsuko Brooks
Angela Conant
Sage Dawson
Ricki Dwyer
Sarah Farahat
Divya Gadangi
Sair Goetz
Nicki Green
Iris Grimm
Maya Gulassa
Katie Hargrave
Andrew Kodama
Fermín Jiménez Landa
Cara Levine
Andy Li
Joseph Liatela
Mark McCloughan
Be Oakley
Aparna Sarkar
Rachel Cardenas Stallings
Jia Sung
Kaitlin Trataris
Lindsay Tunkl
Raphael Villet
Lili White
and more.
“In a world that is hard to live in, one often questions the use of the word ‘optimism.’ On the one hand, optimism references a possibility for hope in the future – a hope in part thanks to all the incredible work that queer, trans, people of color, womxn, activists, culture makers, artists, and educators are doing. On the other hand, the confidence of optimism, like when people say ‘why can’t you just be optimistic about the future?’ can make some feel uncomfortable. It feels like optimism doesn’t always hold the complexities of what it means to look towards the future or a successful outcome.”
– Branfman-Verissimo on the biennial’s theme, OPTIMISM