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One of our dearest 133 Design Collective participants (#Solace), Kiera Bono, is co-curating an amazing show titled “Trash Capsules: Archives of Illness, Food, and Diaspora” opening Monday, August 28th 7:30pm-10pm at New Woman Space (188 Woodpoint Rd, Brooklyn, NY).  

“Trash Capsules” focuses on themes of Intersectional inquiries into chronically ill bodies/waste processes/ritual/food practices/modes of resistance/assimilation/preserving cultural memory.

Co-curators: Kiera Bono and Alex Hope

Performance/movement/visual art/words/sounds by: Jahmekya Birhan Kiera Bono Pelenakeke Brown Barbara E Byrd Sarit Frishman Zoey Hart Alex Enzo Hope Simone Johnson Sarah LeWarn Jesse Pratt López Angelina Marriott Denise Nguyen Teshale Nuer Stephanie Orentas Julia Taveras Ricky Tucker DJ STACEY blood TRANSFUSION Hanna Wellish

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One of 133′s nearest and dearest, Denise Nguyen (DTKN) is showing her newest work “ID” at Yeah That’s What She Said’s  Motherland exhibition at The Knockdown Center this weekend July 7th-9th. 

“ID” is a series of illustrations that are reinterpretations of family photographs from the Vietnam War. Illustrated in a dusty coral pink color scheme, the work is inspired by a mix of 70’s style graffiti and 80’s style fashion illustration. The first illustration is of her grandfather’s and uncle’s arrival to the United States after escaping Vietnam. The following work in the series is of DTKN’s father in a refugee camp in Thailand. Her father was shipwrecked without food or water for 10 days until he was rescued by the United Nations and was relocated to the camp.  DTKN chose to illustrate important male figures in her family with her mother’s favorite color, pink. The color scheme is meant to be an ironic nod to the color’s feminine connotations and to highlight one of this season’s biggest trend colors.