“I see PLAY, LAY, AYE as an endless rehearsal of dismantling and rebuilding for new and reimagined spaces for POC, queer, and Fem folks.”
—GeoVanna Gonzalez, multidisciplinary artist
Join us during Miami Art Week for Commissioner’s first-ever art fair commission with GeoVanna Gonzalez, a Season Three artist, and with presenting partner Chief—a national membership network for women leaders. The public program includes a performance on December 8 at 5 PM and a panel discussion and podcast recording on December 9 at 2:30 PM at Untitled Art, Miami Beach.
PLAY, LAY, AYE: ACT 6 by GeoVanna Gonzalez
Performance Installation
Friday, December 8
Untitled Art, Miami Beach
5–5:30 PM | Performance outside along the path by the sand dunes (before Untitled Art's entrance) at 12th Street & Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Free and open to the public
PLAY, LAY, AYE: ACT 6 is GeoVanna Gonzalez’s latest work, a performance installation featuring movement artists Maria Burt and Alondra Balbuena, poet Arsimmer McCoy, musician Claudens Louis, and more. An ever-evolving infrastructure that explores the discourse around public and private space, PLAY, LAY, AYE: ACT 6 is laid out as a cross-disciplinary platform to navigate movement as a form of political action, analyzing and critiquing what it means to be seen and occupy space.
Performance Architecture: Taking Up Space
Panel Discussion & Podcast Recording
Saturday, December 9, 2:30–3:15 PM
The Untitled Art Fair Podcast Lounge
12th Street & Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Open to all fair ticket & passholders
Speakers:
GeoVanna Gonzalez, multidisciplinary artist
Leilani Lynch, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver,
Moderated by Komal Kehar, architect/designer, owner of Common Things shop
To be seen and occupy space can be a radical act of political resistance. Drawing inspiration from the thought-provoking performance installation PLAY, LAY, AYE: ACT 6 by GeoVanna Gonzalez, the conversation “Taking Up Space” explores the profound implications of movement as a powerful form of engagement. In this discussion, Gonzalez, along with Associate Curator Leilani Lynch of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and architect/designer Komal Kehar, will examine the intricate dynamics of both private and public spaces, scrutinizing them through the nuanced perspectives of gender, race, status, or other marginalized dimensions. The conversation is poised to dissect the codified norms governing accessibility, delving into the implications of these norms and their impact on the perception and utilization of space.
Play, Lay, Aye: Act 5. Photo by Juan Luis Matos.