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Recess - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Recess . Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

Naima Green “Pur·suit”
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- Media: Installation
- 2020-02-27 - 2020-04-18
Artist and researcher Mimi Ọnụọha describes our time as one of “unprecedented data collection.” Despite the overcollection of data, there continue to be gaps in our information systems. Ọnụọha describes...More »
Tiffany Shin “Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings”
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- Media: Installation
- 2020-01-09 - 2020-02-22
Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings uses the gut’s microbes as a way of looking deeply into immigrant health and resisting processes of colonization. Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin’s Session at Recess illuminates...More »
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi “Life of Mohammad”
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- Media: Installation
- 2019-09-03 - 2019-10-26
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi’s Life of Mohammad constructs a fictional single life from the lives of seven real people named Mohammad. Conceived as a multi-channel video and installation, the work follows the...More »
E.T. Chong “Slaysian Dynasty”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2019-06-20 - 2019-08-03
On June 20, E.T. Chong begins Slaysian Dynasty, a media installation that will serve as a space of dialogue and performance exploring the intersection of Asian Queer and Trans narratives and the representation...More »
Raven Stubbs “A day late a dollar short”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2019-01-10 - 2019-03-16
Raven Stubbs: A day late a dollar short is part of Recess’s signature program, Assembly, an artist-led diversion program for court-involved youth that offers long-term, paid pathway to careers in the arts....More »
“R.I.S.E.: COLLECTIVE FURY” Exhibition
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- Media: Installation
- 2019-01-03 - 2019-02-09
Demian DinéYazhi´ and R.I.S.E. (Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment) will begin R.I.S.E.: COLLECTIVE FURY a project that will explore how outrage and anger can be mobilized not as tools of...More »
Camilo Godoy “Out of Control”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2018-11-06 - 2018-12-15
On November 6, Camilo Godoy will begin Out of Control, a project that will transform Recess into a dance studio to develop a choreography entitled What did they actually see? Out of Control is inspired...More »
“Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin” Exhibition
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
- 2018-09-07 - 2018-10-26
Recess presents Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin, a project Jes Fan that will investigate the material agency of melanin, the natural pigment that determines skin color, and the implications...More »
Ilana Harris-Babou “Harris & Daughter Home Goods”
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- Media: Installation
- 2018-06-07 - 2018-08-04
Ilana Harris-Babou will begin work on Harris and Daughter Home Goods, a project that will transform Recess into a hardware store, cooking show set, showroom, and interrogation of the American Dream. With...More »
Tiona Nekkia McClodden “Shug Avery’s Kiss”
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- Media: Installation
- 2018-03-06 - 2018-04-21
Tiona Nekkia McClodden will begin work on a Shug Avery’s Kiss, a project that will turn the physical space of Recess into a juke joint. McClodden’s project will create a suite of works comprised of...More »
Doreen Garner “Invisible Man Tattoo”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2018-01-09 - 2018-03-03
Doreen Garner will begin work on Invisible Man Tattoo, will transform Recess into a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African diaspora....More »
Troy Michie “A Ponemos Chancla”
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- Media: Installation
- 2017-11-03 - 2017-12-23
Troy Michie began work on A Ponemos Chancla, a project that will transform Recess into an installation that simulates a men’s formalwear shop to explore camouflage, the semiotics of fashion, and the complex...More »
Maayan Strauss “The Service Room”
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- Media: Installation
- 2017-09-08 - 2017-10-28
Maayan Strauss will begin work on The Service Room, a project that will create a unique environment and framework for the communal exchange of services. Centered on a customized and hybridized kitchen...More »
Brendan Fernandes “Steady Pulse”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2017-07-13 - 2017-09-01
On July 13, Brendan Fernandes will begin work on Steady Pulse, a project that will transform Recess into a club that plays host to a diverse range of happenings and interventions, including performances,...More »
Allison Janae Hamilton “Wonder Room”
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- Media: Installation
- 2017-05-27 - 2017-07-09
3. Keep straight down this block, Then turn right where you will find A peach tree blooming. 5. I give permission For this slow spring rain to soak The violet beds. — Richard Wright (1960) On...More »
“Faked/Out” Exhibition
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- Media: Installation
- 2017-03-10 - 2017-04-08
On March 10, Andrew Lampert and Public Opinion Laboratory will unveil the project Faked/Out, a multi-platform response to the world’s current information crises. Now that fake news is an all too real concern,...More »
Motoko Fukuyama “YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IDEA YOU MIGHT HAVE”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2017-01-03 - 2017-03-04
On January 3, Motoko Fukuyama will begin work on You Never Know What Idea You Might Have, a two-month project that will forge links between Recess and Argo Electronics, located on Canal Street one block...More »
Željka Blakšić aka Gita Blak and Brujas “BROUHAHA”
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-11-03 - 2016-12-23
On November 3, Željka Blakšić and Brujas will begin work on BROUHAHA. Blakšić, an interdisciplinary artist, and Brujas, a revolutionary feminist collective from the Bronx and Uptown that uses skateboarding...More »
“The Black Art Incubator” Exhibition
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-07-14 - 2016-08-19
On July 14, Taylor Renee Aldridge, Jessica Bell Brown, Kimberly Drew, and Jessica Lynne will launch The Black Art Incubator—a project that will use Recess’s storefront space as a hub for public programming...More »
Lauren Halsey “Kingdom Splurge (4)”
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-05-14 - 2016-07-09
‘sacred motherplane thangz will land at a simulated terrain of kingdom splurge, the technicolor version of el aye n harlem with nature. we will pledge our lives to the holy Funk. in Funk we will trust....More »
Marie Lorenz “Flow Pool”
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-03-12 - 2016-05-07
An Evening with Alan Blumburg, Oceanographer: April 7, 6-8pm An Evening with ‘Underwater New York’: April 21, 6-8pm Sound Experiments by Rachel Golub: April 30, 5-7pm Sound Experiments by Brian Chippendale:...More »
Total Effekt “Living Magazine”
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-01-07 - 2016-03-05
On January 7th, Total Effekt will begin work on Living Magazine as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue, and grounds...More »
Sondra Perry “My Twilight Zone Thing”
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- Media: Installation
- 2015-11-10 - 2015-12-19
Sondra Perry begins work on My Twilight Zone Thing, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue,...More »
Jonah Groeneboer “Double Mouth Feedback”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2015-09-04 - 2015-11-03
Trans-revolution is happening. Trans and gender queer people are using their voices and being heard. What effects will this have on social gender constructions and modes of gender regulation? What material...More »
Katherine Hubbard and Savannah Knoop “Small Town Sex Shop”
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- Media: Installation
- 2015-07-02 - 2015-08-29
On July 2, Katherine Hubbard and Savannah Knoop will begin work on Small Town Sex Shop, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as a studio,...More »
Institute for New Feeling “Seek”
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- Media: Installation
- 2015-04-30 - 2015-06-27
On April 30, Institute for New Feeling begins work on Seek, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds...More »
Sara Magenheimer “False Alphabets”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2015-03-19 - 2015-04-25
On March 19, Sara Magenheimer will begin work on False Alphabets, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds...More »
Jessica Segall “1/2 a cord”
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- Media: Installation
- 2015-01-06 - 2015-01-17
On January 6, Jessica Segall will begin work on ½ a cord as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for...More »
Chris Domenick “You are Apple/Pear”
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- Media: Installation
- 2014-11-04 - 2014-12-20
On November 4, Chris Domenick will begin work on You are Apple/Pear as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and...More »
Mira Friedlaender “Half of What’s There”
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- Media: Installation
- 2014-09-02 - 2014-10-25
Mira Friedlaender begins work on Half of What’s There as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. Over...More »
Joey Frank “Summer Puzzle (the Internal Return of the Grievous Angel)”
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- Media: Painting - Other - Installation
- 2014-08-06 - 2014-08-30
A card table in the library stands ready To receive the puzzle which keeps never coming. Daylight shines in or lamplight down Upon the tense oasis of green felt. Full of unfulfillment, life goes on, Mirage...More »
Nontsikelelo Mutiti “Ruka (To braid/ to knit/ to weave)”
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- Media: Fashion - Other
- 2014-06-03 - 2014-08-02
Nontsikelelo Mutiti will begin work on Ruka (To braid/ to knit/ to weave) as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue...More »
Takashi Horisaki and Nina Horisaki-Christens “Metabolic Morphology”
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2014-03-25 - 2014-05-16
Takashi Horisaki and Nina Horisaki-Christens begin work on Metabolic Morphology as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition...More »
Liz Magic Laser “Bystander”
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- Media: Installation - Art Talk - Performance Art
- 2014-01-08 - 2014-03-22
Liz Magic Laser will begin work on Bystander as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. Bystander...More »
Courtesy the Artists “Trad.”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2013-10-22 - 2013-12-21
Courtesy the Artists will begin work on Trad. as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. “Trad.”...More »
Jacolby Satterwhite “Grey Lines”
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- Media: Video installation - Performance Art
- 2013-08-17 - 2013-10-12
On August 17, Jacolby Satterwhite will begin work on Grey Lines, a new chapter of his series, The Matriarch’s Rhapsody, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’...More »
David Horvitz “In Search of a Longitude”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2013-06-19 - 2013-08-10
For In Search of a Longitude, David Horvitz will use Recess’s Soho space to explore notions of time standardization and distribution, synchronicity, and particularities of place through a series of projects,...More »
“List in Formation” Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Drawing - Installation
- 2013-06-04 - 2013-06-15
Recess presents List in Formation, a sampling of works from artists who have supported Recess in the past four years. In conjunction with this year’s benefit, sale of these works will go towards supporting...More »
Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson "Volumes For Sound"
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- Media: Installation
- 2013-03-26 - 2013-05-25
On March 26, Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson will begin work on Volumes for Sound as part of Recess’ signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’ public space as studio, exhibition...More »
Rutherford Chang "We Buy White Albums"
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- Media: Product - Other
- 2013-01-08 - 2013-03-09
On January 8, 2013, Rutherford Chang will begin work on We Buy White Albums, as part of Recess’ signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’ public space as studio, exhibition venue,...More »
Julia Sherman "Here She Comes"
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- Media: Drawing - Photography - Performance Art
- 2012-12-08 - 2012-12-21
Recess is pleased to present "Here She Comes," a collection of Sherman’s research in the form of photographs, videos, drawings performance, and remnants. These artifacts and new works resurface and continue...More »
"September 27th – December 1st: Yve Laris Cohen and Park McArthur" Exhibition
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- Media: Installation - Video installation - Performance Art
- 2012-09-27 - 2012-12-01
This fall, Yve Laris Cohen and Park McArthur will work as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as a studio, exhibition venue, or grounds for...More »
Laura Vitale "White Sands"
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2012-07-11 - 2012-09-15
Laura Vitale will begin work on White Sands, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation....More »
Rose Marcus and Andy Meerow "Café"
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- Media: Drawing - Photography
- 2012-05-01 - 2012-06-30
Session invites artists to use its public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. For Café, Marcus and Meerow will work in ways that address specific economic conditions that...More »
"Dark Nights of the Universe" Exhibition
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- Media: Installation
- 2012-04-26 - 2012-04-29
Recess, in conjunction with The Public School New York, Presents: A four-night theoretical exploration of mysticism in dialogue with Du noir univers, a text by François Laruelle. Night I: Eugene Thacker...More »
Dan Herschlein, Graham Hamilton & Alex Casso "Me and Everyone That is With Me"
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- Media: Video installation - Performance Art
- 2012-03-22 - 2012-04-11
In collaboration with: The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Regent Family Residence Employing Fluxus-inspired prompts, artists Alex Casso, Graham Hamilton, and Dan Herschlein, along with children...More »
John Miserendino "Pavilion"
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- Media: Installation
- 2012-01-10 - 2012-03-10
On January 10th, John Miserendino will begin work on his project, Pavilion, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use its public space as studio, exhibition venue and...More »
Christine Sun Kim "Feedback (1 of 6)"
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2011-10-31 - 2011-11-04
On October 31st, Christine Sun Kim will begin work on the inaugural performance of her 6- event series as part of Session. Session invites artists to use its public space as studio, exhibition venue and...More »
Galería Perdida "Matryoshka"
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2011-08-17 - 2011-10-22
galería perdida will begin two months of work at Recess as part of its signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use its storefront space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation. For...More »
Larry Bob Phillips "Wiggle Room"
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- Media: Drawing
- 2011-06-18 - 2011-08-06
On June 18, 2011, Larry Bob Phillips will begin work on his project Wiggle Room, as part of Recess’s signature program, Session. Session invites artists to use its storefront space as studio, exhibition...More »
Jeff Williams "Worn Thin"
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- Media: Drawing - Sculpture
- 2011-04-13 - 2011-06-11
Recess presents Jeff Williams as the next Session artist in SoHo. Over the course of "Worn Thin", Williams will create a series of mechanical and chemical processes that will decay exterior architecture...More »
"Drawing Out" Exhibition
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- Media: Drawing
- 2011-04-06 - 2011-04-09
The Drawing Center presents Drawing Out: Student Artwork from the Drawing Connections Program, on view at Recess Activities, Inc. at 41 Grand Street (between Thompson and W. Broadway) from April 6–9, 2011....More »
Scott Keightley "Session"
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2011-01-12 - 2011-03-26
Artist Scott Keightley will begin fourteen weeks of work at Recess as part of its signature program, "Session." Recess invites artists in "Session" to use its storefront space as studio, exhibition venue...More »

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