Projects [ / My Work]
Queering Arcadia: A Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
This project visualizes my ongoing research into the relationship between the male nude and landscape, drawing on art historian Aby Warburg’s unfinished work from 1947. Following Warburg’s concept of nachleben—the afterlives of antiquity’s forms and ideas—I trace how representations of the male body (naked, nude, energetic, ecstatic, as outlined in Kenneth Clark’s The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form, 1953) intersect with the early modern emergence of ecological thinking in the landscape genre.
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Queering Arcadia: A Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
Queer Ecologies Research Collective
The Queer Ecologies Research Collective is a mutable organization for cross-pollination and community-building within the trans-disciplinary field of queer ecology, originating in 2023. Like any body, the QuERC is constituted by its participants. Each gathering or project provides new opportunities for an emergent collective to form, with the goal of generating knowledge and experimental methods for collective research.
AdlerIdhees
AdlerIdhees is an experimental text and image project that invites artists and writers to co-produce visual speculative fiction.
The Brooklyn Rail
From 2017–2020, I served as Curatorial Assistant to Phong H. Bui. I assisted in the ongoing curatorial project in collaboration with Lauren Bon Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy with exhibitions at Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; and as an official Collateral Event of the 2019 Venice Biennale.
From 2020–2022, I served as the Director of Programs at The Brooklyn Rail and oversaw its launch of The New Social Environment daily conversation series, which continues to run daily weekday conversations with artists, poets, activists, writers, filmmakers, and beyond. During my time at the Rail, I produced nearly 600 episodes; a selection appears below.
NSE #594 | We Are But One: Breyer P-Orridge featuring Benjamin Tischer, Clarity Haynes, Lia Gangitano, Scott Treleaven, Ryan Martin, Genesse P-Orridge, and Ksenia Soboleva. Friday, July 1, 2022.
NSE #586 | A Conversation on Ellsworth Kelly featuring Yve-Alain Bois, Robert Storr, Phyllis Tuchman, and Alex Bacon. Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
NSE #559 | Surrealism Beyond Borders featuring Dawn Ades, Stephanie D’Alessandro, and Mary Ann Caws. Friday, May 13, 2022.
NSE #552 | A Poetry Reading with T.J. Clark, Joachim Pissarro, Lytle Shaw, and Mia You. Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
NSE #544 | Art, Poetry, and Climate Crisis: Nikki Giovanni with Paul D. Miller. Friday, April 22, 2022.
NSE #540 | The Forrest Bess Variations: Richard Hawkins with Andrew Woolbright. Monday, April 18, 2022.
NSE #539 | Guernica: The Survival of a Myth featuring Eddie Chambers, Pepe Karmel, José Lebrero Stals, Caroline Levitt, W.J.T. Mitchell, Phyllis Tuchman, and Natalia Gierowska. Friday, April 15, 2022.
NSE #535 | Troy Montes-Michie with Andrea Andersson and Zoë Hopkins. Monday, April 11, 2022.
NSE #530 | Siobhan Liddell and Linda Matalon with Ksenia M. Soboleva and William Corwin. Monday, April 4, 2022.
NSE #520 | Mel Bochner with Amanda Gluibizzi. Monday, March 21, 2022.
NSE #519 | Ode to Willem de Kooning featuring John Elderfield, Joan Levy Hepburn, David Reed, Richard Shiff, Mark Stevens, Robert Storr, Charles Stuckey, Annalyn Swan, Flora Yukhnovich, Phong H. Bui, and Erica Hunt. Saturday, March 19, 2022.
NSE #515 | A Tribute to Sylvère Lotringer featuring Charles Gaines, Paul McCarthy, Noura Wedell, and Donatien Grau. With a poetry reading by Eileen Myles. Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
NSE #513 | On Ad Reinhardt with Torkwase Dyson, Matthew Simms, Alex Bacon, and Phyllis Tuchman. With a poetry reading by Mark Wallace. Friday, March 11, 2022.
NSE #510 | On Bruce Nauman with Carlos Basualdo, Joan Simon, Robert Storr, and Constance Lewallen. With a poetry reading by Bianca Stone. Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
NSE # 505 | Michelangelo and other Renaissance and Baroque Masters: Essays by Leo Steinberg featuring Shawon Kinew, Christian Kleinbub, Maria Loh, Sheila Schwartz, and Alexander Nagel. Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
NSE #483 | Laurie Anderson with Paul D. Miller. With a poetry reading by Charles Theonia. Friday, January 28, 2022.
NSE: Common Ground | Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest: Suzanne Simard with Victoria Wilson. Thursday, December 9, 2021.
NSE #428 | Mind/Mirror: Jasper Johns featuring Carlos Basualdo, Scott Rothkopf, and Richard Shiff. With a poetry reading by Cole Swensen. Friday, November 12, 2021.
NSE #420 | Gilbert & George with Dan Cameron. With a reading of David Robilliard’s poems. Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
NSE: Common Ground | Una Stanza Per Panza: Donald Judd featuring Amy Adler, Virginia Rutledge, and Joan Kee. With a poetry reading by Sarah Ghazal Ali. Thursday, October 28, 2021.
NSE #374 | Lynn Hershman Leeson with Monika Fabijanska and Amelia Jones. With a poetry reading by Bernardo Wade. Monday, August 30, 2021.
NSE #355 | Blane De St. Croix with Patrick Megonigal and Martha Schwendener. With a poetry reading by Phong H. Bui. Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
NSE #343 | Gregg Bordowitz with Yasi Alipour and Nick Bennett. With a musical performance by Laszlo Horvath. Friday, July 16, 2021.
NSE #324 | A Conversation on Albert Pinkham Ryder with William C. Agee, Christina Connett Brophy, Elizabeth Broun, Bill Jensen, Chris Martin, and Choghakate Kazarian. With a poetry reading by Ali Van. Monday, June 21, 2021.
NSE #313 | Nina Katchadourian with Thyrza Nichols Goodeve. Friday, June 4, 2021.
NSE #303 | A Tribute to John Giorno with Penny Arcade, Kyle Dacuyan, Colin Dickerman, Christian Haye, Bob Holman, Chris Martin, and Michael Stipe. Friday, May 21, 2021.
NSE #299 | Is It Ours? Art, Copyright, and Public Interest with Martha Buskirk and Joan Kee. Monday, May 17, 2021.
NSE #273 | Giuseppe Penone with Alexis Dahan and Francesca Pietropaolo. Presented in English and Italian. With a poetry reading by Gabriele Tinti. Friday, April 9, 2021.
NSE #259 | Queer Communion: Ron Athey with Amelia Jones. With a poetry reading by Andrea Abi-Karam. Monday, March 22, 2021.
NSE #253 | Paul McCarthy with Dan Cameron. With a poetry reading by Cristine Brache. Friday, March 12, 2021.
NSE: Common Ground | Curatorial Activism, Part 4. Queer Curating: Queer Curatorial Practices featuring Juan Vicente Aliaga, Clare Barlow, Birgit Bosold, Dan Cameron, Amelia Jones, and Jonathan Katz in conversation with Maura Reilly. With a poetry reading by Mimi Tempestt. Thursday, March 4, 2021.
NSE #240 | Etel Adnan with Charles Bernstein. Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
NSE: Common Ground | Curatorial Activism, Part 3. Decolonial Curating: Indigenous Curatorial Practices featuring Wanda Nanibush, Paul Chaat Smith, Megan Tamati-Quennell, and Richard Bell in conversation with Maura Reilly. With a poetry reading by India Lena González. Thursday, February 4, 2021.
NSE #219 | Yvonne Rainer with Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper and Amanda Gluibizzi. With a poetry reading by Jayson Smith. Monday, January 25, 2021.
NSE: Common Ground | Curatorial Activism, Part 2: A Conversation with Feminist Curators Camille Morineau, Daria Khan, Catherine de Zegher, Rosa Martínez, Ann Sutherland Harris, in conversation with Maura Reilly. Thursday, January 7, 2021.
NSE #205 | Abstract Art: A Global History with author Pepe Karmel, Amanda Gluibizzi, and Alexander Nagel. With a poetry reading by Chia-Lun Chang. Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
NSE #200 | Ai Weiwei with Paul D. Miller. With a poetry reading by Mirene Arsanios. Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
NSE #199 | Charles Ray with Toby Kamps. With a poetry reading by Robert Fitterman. Monday, December 21, 2020.
NSE #195 | Robert Wilson and Willem Dafoe with Charles Shafaieh. With a poetry reading by Annabel Lee. Tuesday, December 15, 2020.
NSE #194 | Judy Chicago with Maura Reilly. With a poetry reading by Aaron Shurin. Monday, December 14, 2020.
NSE #168 | A Conversation on Warhol: Blake Gopnik with Amanda Gluibizzi. With a poetry reading by Sharon Mesmer. Friday, November 6, 2020.
NSE #160 | Olafur Eliasson with Dr. Julie Reiss and Dr. Douglas Dreishpoon. With a poetry reading by Valérie Déus. Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
NSE #159 | Louis Fratino with Louis Block. With a poetry reading by Youna Kwak. Monday, October 26, 2020.
NSE #158 | Robert Storr on Philip Guston with Phong H. Bui. With a poetry reading by Ramya Ramana. Friday, October 23, 2020.
NSE #155 | Jacolby Satterwhite with Sara Roffino. With a poetry reading by Jen Fisher. Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
NSE #149 | Jeffrey Gibson with Nick Bennett and Amber Jamilla Musser. With a poetry reading by Elinor Nauen. Monday, October 12, 2020.
NSE #138 | Joseph Kosuth with Tom McGlynn and Charlotte Kent. With a poetry reading by Kit Robinson. Friday, September 25, 2020.
NSE #130 | Wayne Thiebaud with Amanda Gluibizzi & Jason Rosenfeld. With a reading by poet Lewis Freedman. Tuesday, September 15, 2020.
NSE #133 | Laurence des Cars (President and CEO of the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie) with Helen Lee and Joachim Pissarro. With a poetry reading by Isa Guzman. Friday, September 18, 2020.
NSE: Common Ground | Curatorial Activism: A Conversation with Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Nur Sobers-Khan, and Jasmine Wahi with Maura Reilly. With a poetry reading by Camilo Roldán. Thursday, September 17, 2020.
NSE #128 | Catherine Opie with Lyle Rexer. With a poetry reading by Willie Perdomo. Friday, September 11, 2020.
NSE #118 | Kent Monkman with Amber Jamilla Musser. With a poetry reading by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. Friday, August 28, 2020.
NSE #108 | Tony Oursler with Thyrza Nichols Goodeve. With a poetry reading by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge. Friday, August 14, 2020.
NSE #104 | Joan Jonas with Daisy Desrosiers. With a poetry reading by Stacy Szymaszek. Monday, August 10, 2020.
NSE #94 | Thelma Golden (Director of The Studio Museum in Harlem) and Glenn Lowry (Director of MoMA) with Helen Lee and Joachim Pissarro. With a poetry reading by Anne Waldman. Monday, July 27, 2020.
NSE #91 | Suzanne Blier with Coco Fusco. With a poetry reading by Corrine Fitzpatrick. Wednesday, July 22, 2020.
NSE #90 | Eric Fischl with Phyllis Tuchman. With a poetry reading by Valerie Hsiung. Tuesday, July 21, 2020.
NSE #88 | Martin Puryear with Jason Rosenfeld. Friday, July 17, 2020.
NSE #72 | Max Hollein (Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) with Phong H. Bui. Thursday, June 25, 2020.
NSE #63 | Njideka Akunyili Crosby with Jason Rosenfeld. With a poetry reading by Ed Steck. Thursday, June 11, 2020.
NSE #59 | Francesco Clemente with Carlos Basualdo. With a poetry reading by Vincent Katz. Friday, June 5, 2020.
NSE #56 | Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu with Yasi Alipour. With a poetry reading by Marcella Durand. Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
NSE #44 | An-My Lê with Dr. Lucy Bowditch. Friday, May 15, 2020.
NSE #38 | Dr. Vandana Shiva with Lauren Bon. Thursday, May 7, 2020.
NSE #33 | Noam Chomsky with Paul Mattick. Thursday, April 30, 2020.
NSE #31 | Dorothea Rockburne with Phyllis Tuchman. Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
NSE #30 | Lyle Ashton Harris with McKenzie Wark. Monday, April 27, 2020.
NSE #27 | Lauren Bon with Phong H. Bui. Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
NSE #21 | Penny Arcade with Nick Bennett. Tuesday, April 14, 2020.
NSE #14 | Julian Schnabel with Phong H. Bui. Friday, April 3, 2020.
NSE #12 | Cecily Brown with Jason Rosenfeld. Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
NSE #9 | Lisa Yuskavage with Terry R. Myers. Friday, March 27, 2020.
NSE #1 | Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari with Phong H. Bui. Tuesday, March 17, 2020.