Go on a tour of a darkly fantastical, natural history exhibition

When: Monday, 8/20 at 6pm; Tuesday, 8/21 at 6pm; Wednesday, 8/22 at 6pm
Where: The Gallatin Galleries, 1 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003
Price: Free; 18+

Tags: #immersivetheatre, #siteevocative, #interactive, #ContentAdvisory (see below)

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Going Extinct is a performance and installation by the artistic duo nadahada (Juliana Fadil-Luchkiw and María Paz Valenzuela Silva) that enfolds the viewer in an uncanny parody–a darkly fantastical, natural history exhibition about intergalactic, humanoid creatures from the bottom of the sea that are about to become extinct.

The installation attempts to employ some of the typical elements of museum displays, such as detailed descriptive labels and carefully placed arrangements, but seeks to undermine their authority. The exhibit brings in some of the wonder and mystery of curiosity cabinets — precursors of museums — while unfolding an allegory of colonization that is critical of systems of classification and the hierarchies of injustice they enforce. The installation includes an excess of trash artifacts from the imagined civilization — all of which have been modified, made, or recycled by nadahada–as well as a live diorama of “two of the last remaining creature specimens,” housed in a circus tent.

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Contact Level: None

Content Advisories: Contains partial nudity, adult interactions and language, discussion of the violence of colonization, and sexually explicit content.

The Gallatin Galleries are accessible and benches exist throughout the gallery for those who need to sit during the tour.

New York University and Gallatin provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email michael.wess@nyu.edu or call 212–998–7139 for assistance.