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The American flag, when deep-fried, forms an outer skin that appears to be cankerous, bubbling with calcified flour and charred detritus.

Pur·suit is a 54-card poker deck by artist Naima Green that features portraits of queer womxn, trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people.

Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings uses the gut’s microbes as a way of looking into immigrant health and resisting processes of colonization.

Duppy reflects Udemezue’s complex longings and projections of nostalgia toward his and his mother’s homeland, Jamaica.

Life of Mohammad constructs a fictional single life from the lives of seven real people named Mohammad.

Slaysian Dynasty is a media installation that will serve as a space of dialogue and performance exploring the intersection of Asian Queer and Trans.

The Inside Room is a project that transforms Recess into a production studio for impromptu, tactile TV made for the body and voice.

$200 From… To… -With Love a participatory art project focused on remittances, the money migrant send to their homelands.

R.I.S.E.: COLLECTIVE FURY is a project that will explore how outrage and anger can be mobilized not as tools of division,.

Out of Control is a project that will transform Recess into a dance studio to develop a choreography entitled What did they actually see?

Obscure Functions: Experiments in Decolonizing Melanin will investigate the material agency of melanin, the natural pigment that determines skin color

Harris and Daughter Home Goods will transform Recess into a hardware store, cooking show set, showroom, and interrogation of the American Dream.

EL RECREO will turn Recess into a home base for restaurant workers, with diverse programming addressing current issues faced by the food service.

Shug Avery’s Kiss, a project that will turn the physical space of Recess into a juke joint.

Invisible Man Tattoo is a pop up tattoo shop offering designs that reflect the histories and experiences of Black people and the African Diaspora.

A Ponemos Chancla is an installation that simulates a men’s formalwear shop to explore camouflage, the semiotics of fashion.

The Service Room is a project that will create a unique environment and framework for the communal exchange of services.

Steady Pulse is a club that plays host to a diverse range of happenings and interventions, including performances, movement workshops, conversations.

Wonder Room is a hybrid of a treehouse, resource lounge, imaginative think tank, and community environment.

Recess: May 21, 2014, a month-long summoning of musician Dave Navarro.

Faked/Out is a multi-platform response to the world’s current information crises.

Assembly is invested in reframing the narrative around the justice system with and for court-involved participants

A two-month project that will forge links between Recess and Argo Electronics, located on Canal Street one block away from our storefront.

BROUHAHA is a shape-shifting habitat, with a sculptural skate ramp positioned in the space as its physical anchor.

Canaries will address the two primary components of their practice—collective care and self-care—through programs and documentary activities