Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics

Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Hemi is an interdisciplinary network of artists, scholars and activists throughout the Americas.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦In the Gallery with Arthur Avilés and Charles Rice-González🗓️ Thursday, October...
09/24/2026

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦

In the Gallery with Arthur Avilés and Charles Rice-González

🗓️ Thursday, October 1, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for a conversation with Arthur Avilés and Charles Rice-González, who will discuss 𝘈 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘺𝘣𝘸𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 (2021), in which Nikolai McKenzie reinterprets Arthur Avilés’ signal work 𝘈 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 (1996). The conversation will touch on archival creation and the work of the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) 25 years after the original piece was performed.

"In the Gallery" is a series of conversations with artists, scholars, and art institutions whose work and archival collections are featured in the exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. These dialogues are an opportunity to reflect on individual works, the making of collections, and the importance of documentation and preservation.

Currently on view through October 15, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 features works from seventeen collections that form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

Register to attend here: ‎hemi.nyc/2629

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦In the Gallery with National Black Theatre🗓️ Wednesday, September 23, 2026 🕒 6:...
09/17/2026

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦

In the Gallery with National Black Theatre

🗓️ Wednesday, September 23, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for a conversation with Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director of National Black Theatre, and Abisola Faison, a member of NBT’s original company, who will reflect on 𝘔𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 (1969). They will also address the preservation of NBT’s legacy, the power of Black theater, and the importance of collective memory.

“In the Gallery” is a series of conversations with artists, scholars, and art institutions whose work and archival collections are featured in the exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. These dialogues are an opportunity to reflect on individual works, the making of collections, and the importance of documentation and preservation.

Currently on view through October 15, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 features works from seventeen collections that form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

Register to attend here: https://hemi.nyc/2628

In the Dark: Scenes from a Moving Archive𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥🗓️ Tuesday, September 15, 2026🕒 6:00 PM📍20 Co...
09/14/2026

In the Dark: Scenes from a Moving Archive

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥

🗓️ Tuesday, September 15, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for a conversation with artist Carlos Martiel, who will discuss the past and present significance of his work 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴 (2015), his collection in HIDVL, and his current projects.

“In the Gallery” is a series of conversations with artists, scholars, and art institutions whose work and archival collections are featured in the exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. These dialogues are an opportunity to reflect on individual works, the making of collections, and the importance of documentation and preservation.

Currently on view through October 15, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 features works from seventeen collections that form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

Register here to attend: https://forms.gle/aguDkf7waUDVTFa58

In the Dark: Scenes from a Moving Archive𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥🗓️ Tuesday, September 15, 2026🕒 6:00 PM📍20 Co...
09/11/2026

In the Dark: Scenes from a Moving Archive

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥

🗓️ Tuesday, September 15, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for a conversation with artist Carlos Martiel, who will discuss the past and present significance of his work 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴 (2015), his collection in HIDVL, and his current projects.

“In the Gallery” is a series of conversations with artists, scholars, and art institutions whose work and archival collections are featured in the exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. These dialogues are an opportunity to reflect on individual works, the making of collections, and the importance of documentation and preservation.

Currently on view through October 15, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 features works from seventeen collections that form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/vKTGVAZJ26exYujW9

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦An exhibition presented by the Hemispheric InstituteSeptember 8 - October 15, 2...
09/02/2026

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦

An exhibition presented by the Hemispheric Institute
September 8 - October 15, 2026

20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery
New York, NY 10003

Opening Reception
🗓️ Tuesday, September 8, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for the opening of 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. The exhibition features works by Juan Carlos Alom, Daymé Arocena, Arthur Avilés, Charlotte Brathwaite, Beatrice Capote, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Dragonfly, Regina José Galindo, Ayrson Heráclito, the House of Ultra Omni, Nadia Huggins, Carlos Martiel, Aurelio Martínez, National Black Theatre, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, David Sánchez, and Teatro Línea de Sombra, which form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 invites us to reflect on darkness as a time of both peril and discovery. Standing in the dark of a gallery, surrounded by a ribbon of light, we experience works by artists who make theater, visual art, dance, music, and performance art. Together, we discover archives of movement and stillness, ritual and rhythm, sound and sense, consciousness and memory.

Please RSVP here to attend: hemi.nyc/2623

09/01/2026

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦

An exhibition presented by the Hemispheric Institute

September 8 - October 15, 2026
20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery
New York, NY 10003

Opening Reception

🗓️ Tuesday, September 8, 2026
🕒 6:00 PM
📍20 Cooper Square, First Floor Gallery

Join us for the opening of 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦. The exhibition features works by Juan Carlos Alom, Daymé Arocena, Arthur Avilés, Charlotte Brathwaite, Beatrice Capote, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Dragonfly, Regina José Galindo, Ayrson Heráclito, the House of Ultra Omni, Nadia Huggins, Carlos Martiel, Aurelio Martínez, National Black Theatre, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, David Sánchez, and Teatro Línea de Sombra, which form part of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL).

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 invites us to reflect on darkness as a time of both peril and discovery. Standing in the dark of a gallery, surrounded by a ribbon of light, we experience works by artists who make theater, visual art, dance, music, and performance art. Together, we discover archives of movement and stillness, ritual and rhythm, sound and sense, consciousness and memory.

Please RSVP here to attend: hemi.nyc/2623

08/31/2026
David Sánchez, TAMBÓ Album Release Concert (and pre-show conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess)🗓️ Wednesday, May 27, ...
05/20/2026

David Sánchez, TAMBÓ Album Release Concert (and pre-show conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess)

🗓️ Wednesday, May 27, 2026�🕓 6:00 PM�📍 Dizzy’s Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019�
Join us for a live concert as GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Award–winning saxophonist and composer and Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, David Sánchez, celebrates the release of TAMBÓ, an album inspired by the Afro-descendant communities of Loíza, Puerto Rico, and San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia.

The evening will open at 6 PM with a 30-minute conversation between David Sánchez and Alana Casanova-Burgess, host of La Brega, the acclaimed bilingual podcast about Puerto Rico and its diaspora. The conversation will offer insights into the creative vision behind TAMBÓ as a prelude to the live album presentation that will begin at 7 PM.

Performance lineup:�David Sánchez, tenor saxophone, bandleader�Ricardo Rodríguez, bass
Tony Escapa, drums
Alex Brown, piano�Camilo Molina, percussion�Jhan Lee Aponte, percussion

Buy your tickets here: https://ticketing.jazz.org/20831/20832

This event is co-produced by the Hemispheric Institute.

Rossana Reguillo Cruz (1955-2026)(photo by Julio Pantoja)It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the passing of Rossana Reg...
04/30/2026

Rossana Reguillo Cruz (1955-2026)

(photo by Julio Pantoja)

It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the passing of Rossana Reguillo Cruz, a dear colleague and friend who left an indelible imprint on the work of the Hemispheric Institute, on NYU, and on scholarly and activist communities across the Americas and the world.

Rossana Reguillo was a social anthropologist and a scholar of communications. Her remarkable research spanned the study of urban disasters, youth cultures, social movements, translocal cities, digital formations, and political uprisings. Perhaps most notably, her work acutely illuminated the grammars of fear, violence, disappearance, and death in her beloved Mexico.

Driven by her inalienable commitment to human rights and ethical democracy, Reguillo’s work included fieldwork in Mexico, Puerto Rico, the US, Argentina, Spain, and beyond.

Whether at a mutual aid station following the gasoline explosions in Guadalajara, a police precinct in San Juan, a rave on the outskirts of Mexico City, an assembly at Zuccotti Park (Occupy Wall Street), a march for the 43 disappeared students at Ayotzinapa, or a vigil with Mexico’s madres buscadoras, Rossana Reguillo brought us with her into richly interpretive worlds where catastrophe, disenchantment, and civilizational collapse co-mingle with joy, resistance, and possibility.

In her scholarship, as in her life, Rossana was a master builder of commensal worlds, which she stitched together with generosity, empathy, and deep solidarities. Recently, in the dedication of El vuelo de las luciérnagas: Pensar la resistencia frente a la violencia del poder (2026), co-written with Alina Peña and published only weeks ago, she wrote:

“To those who care for the world as one cares for a beloved body. To those who defend the earth as a living memory, to those who search through rubble, seas, or deserts for what must not be lost. To those who disobey to save, to those who row against the night, to those who understand that care—human and interspecies—is not a minor indulgence, but a radical way of insisting on life. This book—born of questions, of wonder, of shared sorrows, and of rebellious glimmers of light—is for you, who hold the world up when it seems on the verge of fading away.”

Our hearts go out to her family and close friends, as well as to the thousands of people whose lives she touched.

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Con profundo pesar lamentamos el fallecimiento de Rossana Reguillo Cruz, una querida colega y amiga que dejó una huella imborrable en la labor del Instituto Hemisférico, en la Universidad de Nueva York y en innumerables comunidades académicas y activistas de todo el continente americano y del mundo.
��Rossana Reguillo fue antropóloga social y especialista en comunicación. Su notable labor investigadora abarcó el estudio de catástrofes urbanas, culturas juveniles, movimientos sociales, ciudades translocales, formaciones digitales e insurrecciones políticas. Además, Rossana arrojó una luz como ninguna otra sobre las gramáticas del miedo, la violencia, la desaparición y la muerte en su querido México.

Impulsada por su compromiso inquebrantable con los derechos humanos y la democracia ética, el trabajo de Reguillo se extendió mucho más allá de México e incluyó trabajo de campo en Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos, Argentina, España y otros lugares.

Ya fuera en un puesto de ayuda mutua tras las explosiones en Guadalajara, en una comisaría en San Juan, en un rave a las afueras de Ciudad de México, en una asamblea en Zuccotti Park (Occupy Wall Street), en una marcha por los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos en Ayotzinapa o en una vigilia con las madres buscadoras de México, Rossana Reguillo nos transportó a mundos densamente interpretativos donde la catástrofe, el desencanto y el colapso civilizatorio se entremezclan con la alegría, la resistencia y la posibilidad.

En su labor académica, al igual que en su vida, Rossana fue una constructora maestra de mundos comensales, que ella edificaba con generosidad, empatía y profundas solidaridades. Recientemente, en la dedicatoria de El vuelo de las luciérnagas: Pensar la resistencia frente a la violencia del poder (2026), escrito conjuntamente por Rossana Reguillo y Alina Peña y publicado hace apenas unas semanas, escribió:

A quienes cuidan el mundo como se cuida un cuerpo amado. A quienes defienden la tierra como memoria viva, a quienes buscan entre escombros, mares o desiertos lo que no debe desaparecer. A las que desobedecen para salvar, a las que reman contra la noche, a quienes entienden que el cuidado — humano e interespecie — no es un gusto menor, sino una forma radical de insistir en la vida. Este libro — nacido de preguntas, de asombros, de dolores compartidos y luces insumisas — es para ustedes, que sostienen el mundo cuando parece a punto de apagarse.

Nuestro más sincero pésame a su familia y a sus amigos cercanos, así como a las miles de personas cuyas vidas ella tocó.

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Rossana Reguillo foi antropóloga social e especialista em comunicação. O seu notável trabalho de investigação abrangeu o estudo de catástrofes urbanas, culturas juvenis, movimentos sociais, cidades translocais, formações digitais e insurreições políticas. Além disso, o seu trabalho lançou uma luz reveladora sobre as gramáticas do medo, da violência, do desaparecimento e da morte no seu querido México.

Impulsionado pelo seu compromisso inabalável com os direitos humanos e a democracia ética, o trabalho de Reguillo estendeu-se muito além do México e incluiu trabalho de campo em Porto Rico, Estados Unidos, Argentina, Espanha e outros locais.

Seja num posto de ajuda mútua após as explosões em Guadalajara, numa esquadra de polícia em San Juan, numa rave nos arredores da Cidade do México, numa assembleia no Zuccotti Park (Occupy Wall Street), numa marcha pelos 43 estudantes desaparecidos em Ayotzinapa ou numa vigília com as mães buscadoras do México, Rossana Reguillo transportou-nos para mundos densamente interpretativos onde a catástrofe, o desencanto e o colapso civilizacional se misturam com a alegria, a resistência e a possibilidade.

No seu trabalho académico, tal como na sua vida, Rossana foi uma mestre construtora de mundos comensais, que ela edificava com generosidade, empatia e profunda solidariedades. Recentemente, na dedicatória de O voo dos pirilampos: Pensar a resistência face à violência do poder (2026), escrito com Alina Peña e publicado há apenas algumas semanas, escreveu:

Àqueles que cuidam do mundo como se cuida de um corpo amado. Àqueles que defendem a terra como memória viva, àqueles que procuram entre escombros, mares ou desertos o que não deve desaparecer. Àquelas que desobedecem para salvar, àquelas que remam contra a noite, àqueles que compreendem que o cuidado — humano e entre espécies — não é um capricho menor, mas uma forma radical de insistir na vida. Este livro — nascido de perguntas, de admirações, de dores partilhadas e de luzes rebeldes — é para vocês, que sustentam o mundo quando este parece prestes a apagar-se.

As nossas mais sinceras condolências à sua família e aos seus amigos próximos, bem como às milhares de pessoas cujas vidas ela tocou.

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