But History and I, University of New Mexico Art Museum
participatory artworks, textiles, paintings, garments, scripts
Gallery view of But History and I
But History and I and RopeWalk, Soft Power
Gallery view of But History and I
But History and I, Bobbin Wall
Gallery view of But History and I
Visitor looking at Cento For a Future Now
Reconfigured Flags and Re-Form, RopeWalk
Reconfigured Flags
We Cannot Live on Clams Alone
We Cannot Live on Clams Alone
Detail of We Can Not Live On Clams Alone
We Cannot Live on Clams Alone
Re-Form, RopeWalk
Visitor and RopeWalk, Soft Power
Detail of RopeWalk, Soft Power
Detail of RopeWalk, Soft Power and Reconfigured Flags (background)
Image of Emily Dickinson's titular poem
But History and I
Public project and exhibition
Sept 8 - Dec 9, 2023
Participatory Script Reading: Cento for a Future Now, Thursday, Nov 30, 5-6pm
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Curated by Mary Statzer as part of Hindsight Insight 3.0
But History and I presents a selection of my participatory artworks that have been growing and changing over the years. In this show, the works take new forms as a way to hold and reflect the sweet collective labor and action that brought them into being. The exhibition is titled after an Emily Dickinson poem and indebted to Italian immigrants and anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
But History and I came about through conversations with curator Mary Statzer and is part of her multi-year initiative at the museum, Hindsight Insight, that reimagines the past and future of the collection.