Ar E normanda ar ar ne. Ar made Alexander pa ar nzaki Judía ar enorgullece ar 'ñuse̲ ar Who We Are: Valores Recorrido 'yowa, exhibiendo artistas locales da udi 'nar hmädi 'mui diferente ya zänä.
Ge ma objetivo, en medio de 'nar gu̲ki makwäni COVID — 19, 'ñäni ya artistas locales ne ofrecer jar hnini jar norte Manhattan nthogi ja ar arte. Anke normalmente ga ho ga da nuna ar arte bí mostrara ja ya paredes ar ar ne., ko ya limitaciones actuales relacionadas ko COVID, ma objetivo ge da HMUNTS'UJE artistas locales ja ya calles ma hnini.
Abri: Di beni
Still Image from Workshop performance of Site: Yizkor Sichow, Poland
Still Image from the Video Installation Site: Yizkor, Incubated by LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture, the Millay Colony and the MacDowell Colony
By Maya Ciarrocchi
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Maya Ciarrocchi is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist working across media in drawing, printmaking, performance, video, installation, and social practice. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has received residencies and fellowships from the Bronx Museum of the Arts (AIM), LABA: a Laboratory for Jewish Culture, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Swing Space), MacDowell, Millay Colony, New York Artists Equity, UCross, and Wave Hill (Winter Workspace). She received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, a Film/Video Grant from The Jerome Foundation, and funding from The Puffin Foundation. In addition to her studio practice, Ciarrocchi has created award winning projection design for dance and theater including the TONY award winning Broadway musicalThe Band’s Visit. Ciarrocchi is the recipient of a 2021 grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and a Bronx Council on the Arts 2020 BRIO Award winner.
Hñeti curador ya Gal Cohen
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Práctica artística Maya Ciarrocchi ñä ar fuertemente ar ár hmädi ar ar di beni. A través de ar narrativa ya jä'i, Narración basada ár nthoni, ne cartografía encarnada, Ya obras Ciarrocchi recrean ár nthogi ja ya historias ya hnini perecidas ne ya xeni demolidos, explorando nja'bu̲ ar manifestación física ne emocional ar pérdida. Nuna ar tsita fija bí capturada 'nar 'be̲fi performance interdisciplinario jar proceso.: Sitio: Yizkor, conmemorando ya hnini judías da perecieron Nxoge ar Holocausto. Ja ar he̲'mi 'rini incluido, Jawa representaciones arquitectónicas edificios demolidos, 'Meni 'mui memoria xeni ne figuras desaparecidas, ne recuerdos jar prosa obtenidos ar libros históricos Yizkor. Nuna ar zänä, Nu'bu̲ Yom HaShoah, T'o̲t'e ar dängo ar pa ar Recordación ar ar Holocausto, Ar 'be̲fi Maya resuena ne ga invita ma sumergir ga jar di hnini gi perdidas.
Di beni
Ya rabí Ari Perten, Norman ne. Director ar made Alexander pa ar nzaki Judía
Renee Descartes famously opined, I think, therefore I am. Without taking too many liberties, we might reconstruct this statement to I remember, therefore I am, for who are we if not individuals built by our experiences. Indeed memory is so prized that we often utilize a multiplicity of tools to help us remember that which we deem important. These tools range from family stories passed down from generation to generation to the appointments booked on a google calendar to a social media reminder of a friend’s birthday. Memory is important and we regularly hold ourselves accountable towards remembering our past and the future events to which we’ve made obligations. Memory can be multi-sensory. The taste of a food, notes of music, and whiffs of scent can transport us to a distant past that suddenly becomes very alive in the moment.
Yet memory can also be false as well. How accurately is the past remembered? Whose truth is represented in this memory? Might there be other truths that distort or even change the event once remembered with such clarity. Such thinking opens up the possibility that the reality of the past might not be so rigid. We craft memories about what is important. Perhaps these memories speak more towards the person we aspire to become more so than the our recollected experiences.
