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A Letter from Souls of The Dead will be presented at PICA from July 10, 2021 to September 4, 2021. On the opening day of the exhibition Saturday, July 10, there will be intermittent performances by Aki Onda and Portland-based sound artist Marcus Fischer.
Learn moreIt is with joy and gratitude that we announce the launch of a new season of programming for Knowledge of Wounds 2021-22, and with it, the kindling of our evolving digital container, www.knowledge of wounds.com. In observance of the 2021 Solstice, we extend an invitation to join us by this virtual fireside for the unveiling of the full KoW 2021-22 program, a series of Indigenous-led events which will continue to unfold in this space over the course of an entire celestial year.
Learn morePICA is pleased to present deadbird and can anybody help me hold this body by New York-based artist devynn emory on May 27-30, 2021.
Learn morechekhovOS /an experimental game/ is a performance experiment in development by Arlekin Players Theatre’s founder and director Igor Golyak, who has been a leading innovator of virtual theater since the start of the pandemic.
Learn morePARTICIPANT AFTER DARK and PICA present DOOMSCROLLING, a livestream video premiere of Michelle Handelman’s THE PANDEMIC SERIES (2020-2021), with a live collaborative reading and performance between Handelman and musician/performer Shannon Funchess, co-founder of the band Light Asylum.
Learn moreBloom is an open-air, sliding scale, community-oriented fundraising event for Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA).
Learn morePlease join us on picatv.org on Saturday, April 24th at 12:00 pm PDT to meet the spring 2021 Creative Exchange Lab artists and hear behind-the-scenes presentations about their current practices and projects.
Learn moreOn Saturday, February 13, 2021, PICA will present We Didn't Arrive Here Alone, a virtual, live-streamed program of readings and discussion among renowned US-based undocumented writers and poets on the topic of mental health. Guest curated and moderated by poet and speaker Yosimar Reyes and featuring Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, this event is presented in connection with PICA's current exhibition, We Got Each Other's Back, by Carlos Motta in collaboration with Heldáy de la Cruz, Julio Salgado, and Edna Vázquez. The event will be ASL interpreted and captioned, and a recording of the livestream will be available on-demand for later viewing.
Learn moreThe music, artistry, and personal story of celebrated singer, songwriter, and guitarist Edna Vázquez (Portland, Oregon) fearlessly crosses genres, cultures, and borders. /// La a música, el talento artístico y historia personal de la celebrada cantante, compositora y guitarrista Edna Vázquez (Portland, Oregón) cruzan géneros, culturas y fronteras valientemente.
Learn morePart of a long-term documentary project by interdisciplinary artist Carlos Motta— in collaboration with artists Heldáy de la Cruz, Julio Salgado, and Edna Vázquez– We Got Each Other’s Back is a three-part, multi-channel video installation featuring portraits of queer artists and activists in the United States who are or have been openly undocumented, and who are producing work to denounce historic and present-day broken US immigration policies. Free and open to all / masks required
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Learn moreJaamil Olawale Kosoko and collaborators Jennifer Kidwell and Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild will discuss the development and artistic process of American Chameleon: The Last Installments.
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Learn moreA Movement for Black Laughs celebrates the role of Black humor in political movements, through a one-hour show that features Portland based Black comedians, and sound/video artists.
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Learn moreDao Strom will give an intimate performance of songs and visual poetry from her forthcoming hybrid poetry and music project, Instrument/Traveler’s Ode, a unique book/album release forthcoming from Fonograf Editions and Antiquated Future Records this Fall. This event marks the Portland release and debut of the project.
Learn morePURO TEATRO: a spell for Utopia embraces the dystopian reality of bodies cannot touch one another, but, can touch a screen. This work surrenders to the magical powers given to our gadgets as amulets and portals transporting us into altered states of being.
Learn moreCONVERSATION with Dao Strom and Elisa Harkins with Pablo de Ocampo
Learn moreLa Luz De La Esperanza is a musical telenovela that tells the tale of Dolores, a poor yet elegantly dressed domestic worker who falls in love with a rich man named Salvador. The story follows the abusive dynamic between Salvador and Dolores, leading to Dolores eventually finding true love with Esperanza, a genderless spirit.
Learn moreFor the TBA Institute, home school will curate and host Friday afternoon virtual presentations and discussions. home school is a free pop-up art school co-run by manuel arturo abreu and Victoria Anne Reis, in its fifth year of curriculum presenting multimedia, genre-nonconforming edutainment and creating welcoming contexts for critical engagement with contemporary art.
Learn moreAgainst the Current is a processional audiovisual journey along the Willamette River teaming Mobile Projection Unit with three performers and two roving “guides” with “lanterns”.
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