Fotografiska For Freedoms Listen Until You Hear

Call time: 4pm, Event: 5-9pm

https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/events/loft-comedy-39/

Listen Until You Hear

For Freedoms x Fotografiska New York

We are proud to partner with the artist-led organization, For Freedoms, to present Listen Until You Hear, featuring artworks by Hank Willis Thomas, Cassils, Maia Ruth Lee, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Eric Gottesman and Kameelah Janan Rasheed. All from diverse backgrounds, these six artists collectively create an exploratory forum for visitors to consider the idea of "visual listening," a concept where we ask you to not only listen with your ears, but to connect more deeply with your own body and to be more aware of your relationship with others.

THE BANNED BOOK READING ROOM

Accompanying the exhibition's artworks, the "Banned Book Reading Room" on our sixth floor loft invites guests to engage with a rotating selection of books that since 2021 are tracked by the ACLU and PEN America as having been banned in various American school districts - including some within just 40 miles of the museum. These titles include multiple works by Toni Morrison, as well as Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and many books perceived as 'radical' or 'dangerous' but often simply speak to the everyday experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals and people of color.

The Banned Book Reading Room is presented in coordination with Eric Gottesman's exhibiting body of work, Oromaye Project, which focuses on an Ethiopian novel banned by an oppressive regime in the 1980.