Supported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight @ The Loisaida Center

Image by Luciana Pinchiero: El Cuello con Manchas de El Eco (El Eco's Spotty Neck), 2017

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A line that loops around itself holds things in place—pull its ends and it opens into a line again.  

Geographies are inscribed with lines, imagined and physical, that shift naturally and from human intervention. How do we create ties across continents?

In geometry and physics, a catenary is the natural curve created by gravity acting on a rope or chain when suspended from its ends. Does an egg cupped between two hands hold the same strength as a bridge?

A rope can be knotted and tied, gestures of gathering and interweaving. Ancient Andean cultures developed the Quipu, a system of knotted strings used to keep records, communicate information, and represent traditional stories and poetry.

Perhaps it is through these elemental forms that we can continue to navigate distance.

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Supported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight is the first exhibition for LAZO (in spanish: ‘link, tie, or knot), a platform and resource for contemporary artists of Latin American and Caribbean descent. The show brings together fourteen artists based in NYC and throughout the Americas and is part of a series of events to be hosted in the coming months at The Loisaida Center.