Remember to Dream: Election Day Reading 
November 5, 3pm - 12am

In her epic video cyclorama The Shape of Things, currently on view at Gladstone, Carrie Mae Weems has envisioned the last eight years of American politics as a circus. That three-ring extravaganza comes full circle literally and figuratively on November 5^th when America goes to the polls to decide its very future.  On that day, The Shape of Things will come to life as an agora, a public sphere where people will join to collectively witness what transpires, sharing in an atmosphere shaped by the autonomy of creativity.

Organized by Precious Okoyomon and Vincent Katz and Brian Degraw, with Rirkrit Tiravanija + Co. and Spiral Theory Test Kitchen, this all-day event will be a refuge, an oasis, a temporary autonomous zone in the spirit of Hakim Bey. The durational program of readings, live music, and food will materialize through the participation of artists, poets, performers, and composers united by a shared sense of defiance,  hope, and purpose. Open to the public and free, Remember to Dream welcomes all those seeking sanctuary and inspiration on a historic day premised on precarity and defined, one hopes, by an enduring faith in our fragile democracy.

The still-evolving list of confirmed readers and performers includes Bruce Andrews, Alissa Bennett, Ka Baird, Zev Borow, Lizzi Bougatsos, Cristine Brache, Gavin Brown, Tina Campt, Candystore, LaTasha Diggs, Miles Edwards, Elaine Equi, Justin Gibbie, Nicola Maye Goldberg, Terrance Hayes, Erica Hunt and Marty Ehrlich, Paolo Javier, Joan Jonas, Patricia Spears Jones, Oliver and Issac Katz, Vincent Katz, Randy Kennedy, Masaaki, Matt McAuley, Tracie Morris, Eileen Myles, Shirin Neshat, Bob Nickas, Precious Okoyomon, Funto Omojola, Finn Puschak, Lucy Raven, Ariana Reines, David Rimanelli, Jerome Sala, Ryan Sawyer and Sam Newsome, Sally Silvers, Nancy Spector, James Allister Sprang, Harry Tafoya, Lynne Tillman, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Vorhees, Anne Waldman and Linda Yablonsky. Readings and performances will be interspersed with screenings of Weems’ video.

The gallery will be open from 3pm until midnight, November 5, 2024.