This casual evening featured a special menu of Filipino pulutan (finger foods typically eaten while drinking with friends) and drinks presented on interactive multi-sensory serving stations that experiment with communal dining experiences. The works address culinary histories, intercultural influences, traditions, and memories through food. Readings were given by Nita Noveno and Joseph O. Legaspi.

We are thankful to everyone who came out on a windy night to support the artists, poets, and make this gathering one to remember!

Event is accompanied by zine designed by Jelena Prljević.

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Francis Estrada was born in the Philippines and moved to America in 1988. He is a visual artist with a fine arts degree in painting and drawing from San Jose State University and works as a museum educator, freelance art educator, and traditional Filipino martial arts instructor. By playing with the presentation of allusive (often figural) imagery, Estrada explores how visual cues found in historical photographs, mass media, political propaganda, and personal archives influence or inflect social or cultural narratives. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. See exhibition history here.

Ramyar Vala received his primary education in his native Iran and later Sweden. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in graphic design, he received an MFA from the University of Chicago in 2014. Grounded in design and fabrication, his research tracks the functionality of crafted objects and the stories behind cultural ornamentation. Ramyar’s multi-disciplinary practice explores the inner lives and circulation of traditional motifs— tracing how they travel, transform, are adapted, and are appropriated trans-nationally and trans-culturally — through sculpture, installation, and video work. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. See exhibition history here.

Nita Noveno teaches English Composition and Literature at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She is the founder/co-host of Sunday Salon, a monthly prose reading in its sixteenth year in NYC. A graduate of the New School MFA Creative Writing Program, she has been published most recently in About Place Journal and the Asian American Writers Workshop’s The Margins. As a child, Nita dreamed of becoming a veterinarian and an Olympic figure skater. Today she is a writer of fragments and run-on sentences. Originally from Southeast Alaska, she calls Astoria, New York home.

Joseph O. Legaspi is the author of the poetry collections Threshold and Imago, both from CavanKerry Press; and three chapbooks: Postcards(Ghost Bird Press), Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts), and Subways (Thrush Press). He cofounded Kundiman (www.kundiman.org), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature. He lives with his husband in Jackson Heights, Queens.

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We are grateful to Laura Arena, De-Construkt [projekts] for hosting this event and to Andrew Kennedy and Magda Dejose, Sculpture Space NYC for facilitating the production of ceramics vessels.

DE-CONSTRUKT is a full service design studio and mobile project space, passionate about the convergence of art and technology, communication and concept, located in New York City and sometime in other places.

Sculpture Space NYC is a ceramics and sculpture center founded by artists Andrew Kennedy and Magda Dejose. Sculpture Space NYC’s mission is to stimulate creativity, new ideas and collaboration in ceramics-based investigations. Artists, designers and craftspeople of all backgrounds converge in this center to experiment, learn, make, reflect and grow artistically.

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HEKLER HOST brings together 2+ collaborators to create 4 hours of programming featuring a combination of food, music, exhibition, performance, book launch, spoken word or reading that examines a topic of shared concern. The events are hosted by partnering satellite venues provided by HEKLER or collaborators. Upon request and feasibility, the team provide production and networking support in a close dialogue with the proponent. The events can be by invitation only or open to public depending of the proponent’s preference.

Organizers: Joshua Nierodzinski, Jelena Prljević, Nataša Prljević

Ovo ležerno veče predstavilo je poseban meni filipinskog pulutana (hrana koja se jede prstima obično dok se pije sa prijateljima) i pića, predstavljena na interaktivnim multi-senzornim stanicama za posluživanje koje eksperimentišu sa zajedničkim iskustvima obedovanja. Radovi se bave kulinarskom istorijom, interkulturalnim uticajima, tradicijom i sećanjima kroz hranu. Čitanja su održali Nita Noveno i Joseph O. Legaspi.

Zahvaljujemo se svima koji su u vetrovitoj noći izašli da podrže umetnike, pesnike/kinje i ulepšaju ovaj skup za pamćenje!

Dogadjaj je propraćrn zinom koji je dizajnirala Jelena Prljević.

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Francis Estrada je rođen na Filipinima, a preselio se u Ameriku 1988. On je vizuelni umetnik sa diplomom iz slikarstva i crtanja na Državnom univerzitetu San Hoze, radi kao muzejski edukator, slobodni umetnički edukator i instruktor tradicionalnih filipinskih borilačkih veština. Igrajući se sa predstavljanjem aluzivnih (često figuralnih) slika, Estrada istražuje kako vizuelni znaci pronađeni u istorijskim fotografijama, masovnim medijima, političkoj propagandi i ličnim arhivama utiču na društvene ili kulturološke narative. Trenutno živi u Bruklinu, Njujork. Pogledajte njegovu izlagačku istoriju ovde.

Ramjar Vala je osnovno obrazovanje stekao u svom rodnom Iranu, a kasnije i u Švedskoj. Nakon što je diplomirao grafički dizajn, dobio je MFA na Univerzitetu u Čikagu 2014. Utemeljen na dizajnu i proizvodnji, njegovo istraživanje prati funkcionalnost izrađenih predmeta i priče iza kulturnog ukrasa. Ramijarova multidisciplinarna praksa istražuje unutrašnje živote i kruženje tradicionalnih motiva – prateći kako putuju, transformišu se, prilagođavaju i prisvajaju transnacionalno i transkulturalno – kroz skulpturu, instalaciju i video rad. Trenutno živi u Bruklinu, Njujork. Pogledajte njegovu izlagačku istoriju ovde.

Nita Noveno predaje englesku kompoziciju i književnost na koledžu u opštini Menhetn. Ona je osnivačica/ko-voditeljka Nedeljnog salona, mesečnog proznog štiva u svojoj šesnaestoj godini u Njujorku. Diplomirala je na New School MFA Creative Writing Programu, a nedavno je njen rad objavljen u časopisu About Place Journal i u Radionicama azijsko-američkih pisaca Margina. Kao dete, Nita je sanjala da postane veterinarka i olimpijska klizačica. Danas je ona spisateljica fragmenata i uzastopnih rečenica. Poreklom sa jugoistočne Aljaske, ona zove Astoriju u Njujorku domom.

Joseph O. Legaspi je autor zbirki poezije Threshold i Imago, obe iz CavanKeri Presa; i tri udžbenika: Postcards(Ghost Bird Press), Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts), i Subways (Thrush Press). Suosnivao je Kundiman (www.kundiman.org), nacionalnu neprofitnu organizaciju posvećenu negovanju generacija pisaca i čitalaca azijsko-američke književnosti. Živi sa suprugom u Džekson Hajtsu u Kvinsu.

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Zahvalni smo Laura Areni, De-Construkt [projekts] na gostoprimstvu, Endru Kenediju i Magdi Dejose, Sculpture Space NYC za olakšavanje proizvodnje keramičkih posuda.

DE-CONSTRUKT je studio za dizajn sa kompletnim uslugama i prostor za mobilne projekte, strastven za konvergenciju umetnosti i tehnologije, komunikacije i koncepta, smešten u Njujorku, a ponekad i na drugim mestima.

Sculpture Space NYC je centar za keramiku i skulpture koji su osnovali umetnik Endru Kenedi i umetnica Magda Dejose. Misija Sculpture Space NYC je da stimuliše kreativnost, nove ideje i saradnju u istraživanjima zasnovanim na keramici. Umetnici, dizajneri i zanatlije svih pozadina okupljaju se u ovom centru da eksperimentišu, uče, prave, razmišljaju i umetnički rastu.

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HEKLER HOST okuplja 2+ saradnika/ce kako bi kreirali 4 sata programa koji sadrži kombinaciju hrane, muzike, izložbe, performansa, predstavljanja knjige, izgovorene reči ili čitanja koje ispituje temu od zajedničkog interesa. Događaji se održavaju na partnerskim satelitskim lokacijama koje obezbeđuju HEKLER ili saradnici. Na zahtev i izvodljivost, tim pruža podršku za proizvodnju i umrežavanje u bliskom dijalogu sa predlagačem. Događaji mogu biti samo po pozivu ili otvoreni za javnost u zavisnosti od preferencija predlagača.

Organizatori/ke: Joshua Nierodzinski, Jelena Prljević, Nataša Prljević

HEKLER HOST: Francis Estrada and Ramyar Vala

Design: Jelena Prljević

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