Intimacy Violation: Film Screening & Performance

Screening of a work-in-progress film by Yining Chi, followed by a participatory performance around audio description led by the artist and a discussion moderated by Meesh Sara Fradkin. Also: light refreshments, mingling, and more. Thursday, April 24, 7-9pm @ Come Forever + virtual Event is free and open to the public. *This link is for IN-PERSON RSVP only.* ~ ~ ~ Notes on the Film: “Intimacy Violation is a video essay that explores the intersections of disability, kinship, trust, and authority through my mom, Ning’s experience with a rare genetic disease. The film unfolds through different forms of intimacy: societal infrastructure violates my mom’s access intimacy; our opposing views on medicine and sexuality violate our political intimacy; my mom perceives her illness as violating our familial intimacy; technology violates our body intimacy; and, by filming her vulnerability, I may be violating our emotional intimacy...”— Yining Chi Accessibility: - Film and performance feature open caption (Chinese-English bilingual) and audio description. - Live captions are available online. - Venue is wheelchair accessible with accessible bathroom. - Masks are required + provided as part of collective care. - Food is served outdoors in open air. ~ ~ ~ About the Artist: Yining Chi (she/they) is an art-maker, mover, and curator from Beijing, China, currently based in New York City. Chi’s medium shifts between exhibition, movement, moving image, and accessibility. Her research focuses on the material body and its visual rhetorics within collective emotional states, while their practice enacts how social structures inscribe mobilities and memories onto bodies. Chi is an MA candidate in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Recent projects include the public performance art series Urban Stage (Guangzhou, 2023) and the curatorial project The Intimate Revolt (Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, 2022). About the Moderator: Meesh Sara Fradkin is a writer and artist working with sound, text and media. She is a doctoral candidate in music in the interdisciplinary music technology track at McGill University and a visiting scholar at NYU's Center for Disability Studies. This event is sponsored by the NYU Center for Disability Studies and supported by A Blade of Grass. More Info below.