To tongue-tie

Aug 15 - Aug 31

A multimedia gallery show

Works by Gelsey Bell+Erik Ruin, Mel Carter, Benedicto Figueroa, Raheleh Filsoofi, Jana Harper, Kameron Neal, and Paul Pinto+Erin Rogers

Curated by alejandro t. acierto with Paul Pinto

Brick Aux

268 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn NY

Brick Aux Gallery hours are 12-6PM on weekends, varied weekday hours, and by appointment

Opening Reception: Thu. Aug. 15, 2024 - 9:30pm-11:30pm

In conjunction with the performances of mouthful included as part of thingNY’s run of Natural Studies for the Exponential Festival, To tongue-tie is a curatorial exhibition project that shares video and object-based work at the edges of language. Highlighting work that speaks to layered forms of ancestry, (food) consumption, and the body, this exhibition brings together pieces and collaborations by Gelsey Bell+Erik Ruin, Mel Carter, Benedicto Figueroa, Raheleh Filsoofi, Jana Harper, Kameron Neal, and Paul Pinto+Erin Rogers. Working across media, artist’s projects explore how the shape and function of the mouth – as an opening, as a crevice, as a portal – can offer productive metaphors for the depths of heritage in the wake of imperialism, settler colonialism, and cultural erasure.