Collective Presence is a hub for creative and cultural activity to address topics related to the social and political environmental issues of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Through a series of micro-residencies, workshops, and community discussions invited artists will join DiverseWorks from February 21 – April 14, 2019, to create new work on site and in conversation with each other. Read more
Taking place at “Houston's birthplace,” Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou, Gardner's Salt Water Sweet Water is a site-specific response to Houston's own history of commerce and construction. Visitors will interact with these histories through a presentation of projected image, sound, and performance.Read more
"Make Art, Not War" has become a cliché sentiment, perhaps to the point of losing its meaning. But, artist Ganzeer asks, is there something to it? Is it at all possible that art represents antitheses to a culture of warfare that has dominated humanity since the beginning of our time?Read more
Jennif(f)er Tamayo's LA QUEERADORA installation sits at the intersection of digital cultural production and embodied cultural performance. It asks: How do material bodies, whose lives hold an archive of cultural knowledge and experience, compete with a manufactured and digitally porous production of identity?Read more
