CYBER HEALING explores how Latinx and Afro-Latinx artists heal via feminine energy and the digital space.
The digital world of healing has come in to fruition within the last decades to be used as a tool amongst creatives seeking to aid one another and themselves in their time of emotional need, particularly during the events of 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed the relationship between individuals and the digital world to deepen. This exhibition raises the awareness of how the internet can be curated as a space for healing by the connectivity of the social media world as it is used to challenge, educate, empower, and serve us.
Inspired by nostalgic social media sites such as Myspace and Tumblr, the CYBER HEALING website features six artists who seek to heal via online platforms, sourced digital media, and/or materials. Ranging from video to mixed media to sculpture, the exhibition raises the themes speaking to visibility, feminism, queerness, reclamation of the body, decolonization, spirituality, and ultimately how these themes educate and serve healing processes.
VIRTUAL PROGRAMSDigital Space as Safe Space
Panel Talk
Saturday, October 24, 2020 | 2pm - 3pm EST
Join us for the official Cyber Healing virtual panel talk led by curator Kiara Cristina Ventura where we will be joined by featured artists Florencia Escudero, Moréna Espiritual, Chloe Piñero, Gina Goico, and Catherine Feliz. The conversation will center around the featured works in the exhibition, how the digital world has informed their work, and served as a safe space to explore.
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Dance Workshop with Moréna Espiritual
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 | 7:00 PM – 8:10 PM EST
This pop up dance workshop presented by experimental artist & dancer Moréna Espiritual is a part of their healing movement series Stardust en el Sur, which highlights Afrolatinx musical narratives. Cyber visitors will learn how to practice moving their vessels with intention, focusing on the question: how can we participate in care of + through the body in moments of isolation? Put on some comfortable clothing, tune in to zoom, and let’s dance right in your living room.
CYBER HEALING is presented by The Latinx Project at NYUSupport for initiatives of The Latinx Project at NYU is provided, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation. *** Kiara Cristina Ventura, Curator and Founder of ArtsywindowAbraham Centeno, Curatorial Assistant and Artsywindow InternNicole Mouriño, Head of Arts Programs - Program Administrator, The Latinx Project at NYUJanel Martinez, Communications & Events Specialist, The Latinx Project at NYUCONTACTFor press inquires, contact Janel Martinez, Communications & Events Specialist, The Latinx Project at NYUFor checklist and art inquires, contact ARTSYWINDOWFOLLOW@latinxprojnyu@artsywindow#CYBERHEALING
