1/26 1pm: Closing of Rituals of Recursion
Hi Everyone,
Thank you to all those that came to the opening of Rituals of Recursion at Spill 180! And many thanks to those that bought prints! We were able to raise almost $300 for Gaza and victims of the LA fires. I ended up splitting the donations between Gaza Sunbirds and a family in need from this spreadsheet: Displaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory
If anyone wants a print and can’t attend the exhibition, just reach out I’m happy to figure out a way to meet up/mail one.
We were blessed with some January sun during the opening and delicious Pongal made by Chaitanya’s husband Zach. Here’s a pic of me trying to make a kolam/muggu while also eating:
This is a short and sweet exhibition and so I’m also writing to announce the closing event on 1/26 at 1pm.
Sai Priya Kodidala runs the Telugu Archive and also curated & translated the selection of Telugu poetry in the zine that we have on display in the “reading nook” of the exhibition. She will be doing a poetry reading. If you’d like to read the zine but can’t see it in person, you can see a digital pdf version here.
Also if you can’t attend the exhibition but would like to view/decode/encode kolams virtually, you can at this page: https://kolam.codes/ritual/
I know I said the opening coincided with Pioneer Works’ Second Sundays. But then they were on winter break. However, this time there actually is a coinciding Pioneer Works exhibition by American Artist if you’d like to make the most of your trip to Red Hook (it should be open from 12-6): https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/american-artist-shaper-of-god. I will be seeing this exhibition as well and feel it will be a very emotional and important experience... I coincidentally was reading Parable of Sower when the LA fires started and it just shows Butler’s incredibly important foresight!
As a reminder, the address for Spill 180 is not public online so you need to contact me or Spill to get it. Feel free to reply to this post, email me, DM me, text me, etc.
Thank you for reading.
In gratitude,
Aarati