SXRVXVE: AN ART SPACE

January 23 - 28, 2018, the Center at West Park Sanctuary Theater

SXRVXVE's inaugural event, SXRVXVE: An Art Space, ran January 23 – 27 2018 at the Center at West Park Sanctuary Theater. An ambitious week-long exhibition of visual art, together with a variety of one-night events, SXRVXVE showcased works responding to social inequality, the failures of the criminal justice system, and other structures that silence marginalized voices. Ensconced in Romanesque-Revival architecture and Tiffany stained glass, artists reacted to injustice with action, rage, nuance, and humor. National and international featured artists included Adriana Corral, Anne Peabody, Anthony Montouri, Jordan Kady, Olga Gluse, Jennifer Harley, Adriana Tosun, and more. View a selection of images from SXRVXVE: An Art Space.

SXRVXVE: An Art Space included a variety of one-night events, including SXRVXDEO, a short film screening; Valiant Dust, a showcase of Shakespeare’s most powerful and complicated women; and Foul-Mouthed Saints, a night of rambunctious comedy with Josh Gondelman, Sarah Tollemache, Mitra Jouhari, and more.

Through the exhibit and other fundraising events, SXRVXVE raised $4000 for The Crime Victims Treatment Center, enough to provide therapy for 96 survivors. A not-for-profit organization, CVTC is committed to helping New Yorkers heal from violent crime, changing cultural norms around violence, and promoting social justice through progressive legislation and community mobilization.

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SXRVXVE is an interdisciplinary curatorial platform dedicated to presenting artworks and projects engaging with social, political, and cultural systems of power. By showcasing the work of artists responding to social inequality, the failures of the criminal justice system, and other systems that work to silence marginalized voices, SXRVXVE pushes the boundary of how we understand justice, revealing how art, media, and performance can defy structural oppression and offer vehicles for expression, support, and closure.

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The Center at West Park is a home for arts, culture, and community in the historic West Park Presbyterian Church, a New York City landmark. The Center is a secular not-for-profit organization that offers a diverse range of programs for artists, audiences, and the neighborhood; manages the building’s facilities; and stewards the restoration of its historic exterior. This production was made possible, in part, through the Center’s Artist Residency program. To learn more about this program and apply for a residency, visit www.centeratwestpark.org.