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Ulya Soley How shall we dress for the occasion? Presented by Protocinema 601Artspace, New York January 11—March 22, 2020

Are we experiencing the “end of the future” or the “end of history”? This exhibition, featuring artists Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton, and Pınar Yoldaş, considers our obsession with future scenarios and how we try to make sense of personal mortality, technological progress and environmental collapse. It invites us to contemplate our multiple, contradictory experiences of time. How do we fight the accelerated passage of time? Why do we take measures to undo the effects of time? How shall we dress for the occasion?

As we experience a contrast between technology’s promise of a better future and learning to die in light of dystopian scenarios, discussions around both perspectives push us to think about time in novel ways. How shall we dress for the occasion? is a cross-cultural dialogue that asks questions about both the passage and value of time, in order to explore the way we think about, foresee and define the future.

Ulya Soley participated in the Curatorial Intensive in Bangkok in 2018, where she first encountered the work of Chulayarnnon Siriphol. This group exhibition was presented in New York by Protocinema, an arts organization founded by Curatorial Intensive alum Mari Spirito (Inhotim ’12). ALUMNI NEWS

Nic Brierre Aziz (New Orleans ’19) has been awarded the Warhol Foundation Grant for his research on the migration of black Haitians and its influence on the art and culture of the places they traveled both as slaves and as free people.

Diana Campbell (Inhotim ’12) curated the fourth edition of the Dhaka Arts Summit: Seismic Movements (February 7–15, 2020).

Naz Cuguoğlu (New Orleans ‘17) curated The Word for World is Forest, at CCA Wattis Institute in San Francisco, California (April 16–May 16, 2020).

Lauren Schell Dickens (New Orleans ’15) has been awarded the Warhol Foundation Grant for her research on Filipino art and notions of nationhood, identity, migration, immigration, colonialism, and economic pressures.

Amanda de la Garza Mata (Londonderry ’13) has been appointed Director General of Visual Arts at the University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City (MUAC).

Kabelo Malatsie (Accra ’17) is curating the 2020 edition of Art Dubai’s Residents section (March 25–28, 2020).

Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh (Accra ’17) cocurated the 12th edition of the Bamako Photography Biennial (November 30, 2019–January 31, 2020).

Rachel Reese (New York Spring ’14) has been appointed Director and Curator of Cress Gallery of Art at UTC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Victor Wang (New York Fall ’11) has been appointed Artistic Director and Chief Curator of M WOODS Museum in Beijing.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Golden Spiral, 2018, Video installation, 18’, Courtesy of 601Artspace/Etienne Frossard

Deniz Tortum and Kathryn Hamilton, ARK, 2020, 2 channel video installation, 13’22’’, Courtesy of 601Artspace/ Etienne Frossard