One Must Live It: Tour with Christopher Núñez

Saturday, July 16th 12:00-1:00PM

Weekend programming will begin with a Saturday afternoon tour of the exhibition led by Leslie-Lohman Fellow Alum and visually impaired choreographer, dramaturg, educator and Disability advocate, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, highlighting Böttner’s relationship to dance and movement with a live audience. This tour will be filmed.

Informed by Lorenza Böttner’s description of her own artistic development, “It isn’t enough to think an idea or just believe in an idea, one must live it,” the Museum will host public programs in conversation with Lorenza Böttner: Requiem for the Norm over three weekends in July. Alongside additional works by Böttner centered on fashion and dance, the Museum’s gallery will be transformed into an experimental atelier, bringing together contemporary artists, designers, and dance artists whose practices resonate with Böttner’s life and work. They explore the intersections of disability, gender identity, and migration via queer dance, design, and performativity of fashion–recurring themes throughout the Böttner exhibition.

Intentionally open-ended, One Must Live It also invites answers to central questions: how might the museum decenter itself as an arbiter of knowledge, and become a place for collective meaning-making? What ways of knowing—affective, embodied—can the museum foster or recover?

One Must Live It, In Conversation with Lorenza Böttner is made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation and contribution from Kartell.

Programming is produced in partnership with Brooklyn Arts Exchange, NYU Center for Disability Studies, Proclaiming Disability Arts, and Viscose Journal with support from ACLS, an NYU Steinhardt Diversity Innovation Grant.

Image Description: Christopher looks at the camera while resting his left arm on the column.

Photo credit: Walter Wlodarczyk.

Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez (born January 26, 1980) is a Costa Rican/American artist working in the fields of choreography, film, installation, and sound. Núñez is a Mellon Foundation Grant Recipient 23′, a Princeton University Arts Fellow 22’, a Jerome Hill Fellow 22’, a Dance/USA Fellow 22’, and a Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Fellow 18’. His work been presented by Abrons Arts Center, The Joyce Theater, Princeton University, The Brooklyn Museum, The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Movement Research at The Judson Church, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, CUE Art Foundation, Performance Mix Festival, and Battery Dance Festival, among others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Art In America, , and The Dance Enthusiast. He’s been an Artist In Residence at Loghaven Artist Residency, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Abrons Arts Center, Movement Research, and Center for Performance Research. In 2023, Núñez was selected by Art In America as one of 20 New Talent artists on a global scale. The same year, he was nominated for a “Bessie,” The New York Dance and Performance Awards in the Best Performer category.

Accessibility

CART will be provided for this in-person event.

For in-person visits and events, five external steps lead to the museum entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor services desk. All restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are also available. Braille handouts are also available for Lorenza Böttner: Requiem for the Norm, that include the curator’s essay and information about upcoming programs

For additional access requests, please email [email protected] at least one week in advance.

Covid Safety

Masks must be worn by all visitors and guests unless eating or drinking. Additional instructions may be provided ahead of the event for registered guests. Museum staff members will also wear window masks to make communication more accessible for community members.