“History” is a collection of stories,
continually edited in circular time.
Facts adjusted.
Questions raised.
More voices found.
We loop back,
revise and jump to our shared future.

Poet Rebecca Haff Lowry (Delaware Tribe of Indians) and ISCP artist-in-residence Inge Meijer (The Netherlands) will present a poetry performance walk, visiting various locations in Inwood Hill Park in Lenapehoking (Manhattan). New voices are explored through movement and sound in performances that celebrate the return of Lenape peoples to their homeland, Lenapehoking.

The walk begins at 2:00pm on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12 at the Inwood Hill Park Nature Center, 600 West 218th Street, New York, NY. Please note that unpaved paths and inclines are present on the route. Space is limited. Please RSVP here for either date. 

Inge Meijer’s practice revolves around stories rooted in her mother’s youth on a tenant farm, a topography altered by generations from which a deep knowing arises of the interdependence we share with all forms of life. Through collaborations, performances, and publications Meijer seeks to translate this heritage into experiences, fostering an intimate connection between viewer and environment. She continues to research how familial memory can enhance our understanding of collective identity and the ecosystems we live in. 

Rebecca Haff Lowry is a citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, headquartered in Bartlesville, OK. Her poetry is featured in Lenapehoking, an Anthology, produced by the Brooklyn Public Library and the Lenape Center, and currently, her work The Cape of a Matriarch (2021), made from turkey feathers, beads and shells, is on view in Brooklyn Made at the Brooklyn Museum. Lowry is also a curriculum writer and project manager, who works with partners across the state of California to support the production of California’s K-12 Native American Studies Model Curriculum, a free open resource for all.

This program is supported by DutchCulture USA; Friends of Inwood Hill Park; and Mondriaan Fund.

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Robertas Narkus will be joined by curator Job Piston. Riffing on the format of an educational culinary show, this conversation will take place while the hosts, Narkus and Piston, cover a range of topics connected to Narkus’s artistic practice, including the agency of the artist, notions of chance, serendipity in the age of machine intelligence, migration and invasive species. They will also discuss Narkus’s plans for the 2025 Performa Biennial. A Q&A with the audience will follow.

Robertas Narkus is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Palanga, Lithuania, whose practice spans installation, happenings, performance and social entrepreneurship. He finds inspiration in an ethos of optimism and the myth of progress. Teetering on the edge of satire, Narkus’s works employ humor to interrogate social behavior and norms, performative masculinity, the culture of achievement, and the boundaries between the absurd and the cringe-worthy. He has presented work at XII Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Lithuania; Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art, Lithuania; KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Latvia; de Appel, The Netherlands; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; Eastcontemporary,  Italy; and Temninkova & Kasela, Estonia; among others. In 2022, Narkus represented Lithuania at the 59th Venice Biennale. 

Currently serving as Curator-at-Large for the 2025 Performa Biennial, Piston has extensive experience organizing artist-driven projects, international partnerships, and innovative digital initiatives. He has curated influential programs and commissions featuring renowned artists such as Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera, Zanele Muholi, and Korakrit Arunanondchai among others. Passionate about expanding cultural dialogues, Piston has spearheaded Performa’s international programs like the Finnish Pavilion Without Walls and the Lithuanian Pavilion Without Walls. 

This program is supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture; Lithuanian Culture Institute; Hartfield Foundation; James Rosenquist Foundation; Joe Sultan; Lèna Saltos; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Dr. Samar Maziad; Sarah Jones; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; William Talbott Hillman Foundation; and Woodman Family Foundation.