Event
September 8–September 10, 2023

ISCP at The Armory Show 2023: Solo Booth by Sarah Zapata

The International Studio & Curatorial Program presents a booth of textile artworks by Peruvian-American artist Sarah Zapata at The Armory Show’s 2023 edition.

A leading artist of her generation working with this medium, Zapata was an artist-in-residence at ISCP from July to September 2021, sponsored by the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.

Showing for the first time in New York, the artist presents her quintessential pieces in an immersive installation. Vibrant furry sculptures stand in the center of the booth, while panels suggestive of gargoyles hang across vividly striped walls. Zapata states, “We as queer people are never to settle for the pleasures of here and now; rather, we are constantly working toward a new reality. That’s why I’m so attracted to working in installations: They employ the use of fantasy. I want to create these otherworldly experiences for the viewer to access ideas of potential and futurity.”

In her practice, Zapata explores pre-Hispanic textile techniques and multigenerational Peruvian feminine crafts through her intricate, labor-intensive fiber work. These manual processes are used to explore themes such as gender, colonialism, and performativity. She is also drawn to color’s emotional impact and its ability to convey meaning across time and regions.

Zapata has had solo exhibitions at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin; Museo MATE, Lima; Performance Space New York, New York; and El Museo del Barrio, New York; and group shows at the New Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, and Kasmin Gallery, all in New York, among others. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, among others.

Buy your tickets for The Armory Show here.

The Armory Show hours:
-Friday, September 8,  2023 | 11am–7pm
-Saturday, September 9, 2023 | 11am–7pm
-Sunday, September 10, 2023 | 11am–6pm

For prices of individual artworks and of the full installation, contact Houda Lazrak at hlazrak@iscp-nyc.org or 646-671-0391.

This is ISCP’s third participation in The Armory Show. Thanks to the generosity of the artist, a portion of the proceeds will directly further ISCP’s mission of advancing the careers of innovative art practitioners from around the globe and serving New York City publics year-round.

Participating Residents

ISCP Talk
September 5, 2023, 6–8pm

Artists at Work: Joaquin Segura in Conversation with Sylvie Fortin

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Joaquin Segura will discuss his practice and a forthcoming commission in Buenos Aires, 2024. He will be in conversation with interdependent curator, researcher, critic, and editor Sylvie Fortin. A Q&A with the audience will follow.

Joaquin Segura is a Mexico City-based artist whose research-driven process draws upon both historical and contemporary issues of power and politics. He works with installation, photography, video, and intervention to explore the ways in which ideologies are reproduced and repackaged across international borders. During his recent ISCP residency, Segura investigated the resurgence of totalitarian thought and widespread cultural conflict in the United States, focusing specifically on its impact on the Global South. He continues to research political turmoil of the 20th century, drawing from poetic voices active during these conflicts.

Segura has exhibited work at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico; La Panadería, Mexico; Museo Tamayo, Mexico; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Anthology Film Archives, New York; apexart, New York; LAXART, Los Angeles; MoLAA, Los Angeles; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow; and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, among others. 

Sylvie Fortin is an interdependent curator, researcher, critic, and editor based between New York and Montreal. Previous positions include Executive/Artistic Director of La Biennale de Montréal and Executive Director and Editor of the Atlanta-based ART PAPERS. She has also held curatorial roles including Curator-in-Residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska; Curator of Contemporary Art at Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, Ontario; Curator at Manif 5 – the 5th Québec City Biennial, Québec; Curator of Contemporary Art at Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario; and Program Coordinator at LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE, Québec. Her critical essays, reviews, and interviews have been published in numerous catalogues, anthologies, and periodicals such as ART PAPERS, Art Press, Artforum International, C Magazine, E-flux Criticism, Flash Art, Frieze, NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Parachute, PASS, and TextWork.

This program is supported, in part, by ISCP Alumni Fund; Hartfield Foundation; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; New York City Council District 33; 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; Sherrill Collection of American Art Foundation; South Arts; James Rosenquist Foundation; Joseph Robert Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
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Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a

A staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP  can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email akuo@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.

6–8pm

Participating Residents

ISCP Talk
August 31, 2023, 6–7:30pm

Artists at Work: Anawana Haloba and Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artists-in-residence Anawana Haloba and Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński will give presentations on their respective artistic practices and engage each other and the audience in conversation. 

In her artistic research, Anawana Haloba uses a process she calls (Re)pair to put the needs and interests of epistemologically disenfranchised histories, technologies, and societies at the forefront of knowledge production. She works with moving image, installation and sound; seeing, listening and sharing are important tools of engagement in her art and teaching practice. In 2014 she founded LoCA in Livingstone in Zambia, a non-profit library, research center, and collective/collaborative platform for reflections and experimental think-tank to explore colonial and sociopolitical histories and their legacies, and how they relate to contemporary art. Haloba has exhibited work at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Biennale di Venezia, Venice; PalaisPopulaire, Berlin; and São Paulo Biennial, Brazil, among others.

As an artist, writer, and scholar, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński examines what she calls “the present of an everlasting colonial past.” She conducts research in public archives and collections for the “the gaps and blanks” in their contents. Her approach is rooted in Black feminist theory and her works, which intertwine documentary and fiction, are presented in a wide range of mediums. Kazeem-Kamiński’s first artistic monograph, a past without closure, will be published by Sternberg Press in 2023. She has exhibited work at the 2023 Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom; Camera Austria, Austria; and Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, among others.

This program is supported, in part, by Office for Contemporary Art Norway; Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria; Hartfield Foundation; 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; James Rosenquist Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
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Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a

A staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP  can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email akuo@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.

6–7:30pm