Opening tonight! Index of the Disappeared (Chitra Ganesh+ Mariam Ghani)
@mostlywindows has an installation in 𝑨𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 curated by
@rachelgugelberger @601_artspace 601Artspace, 88 Eldridge St, NYC 11/11/25-2/22/26
In an era of historical denialism, censorship, book bans, & the criminalization of dissent, this show foregrounds narrative craft as a tool for preserving polyvocal memory & resisting institutional erasure.
Index of the Disappeared {Chitra Ganesh + Mariam Ghani} is a collaborative project initiated in 2004. The Index is both a physical archive of post-9/11 disappearances & a mobile platform for public dialogue. As an archive, Index of the Disappeared foregrounds the difficult histories of immigrant, ‘Other’ and dissenting communities in the U.S. since 9/11. Through official documents, secondary literature, and personal narratives, the Index archive traces the ways in which censorship and data blackouts were part of a discursive shift to secrecy that allows for disappearances, deportations, renditions and detentions on an unprecedented scale.
In 2025 the Index archives are activated as a roadmap of how we got here—from the post 9/11 climate of the early 2000s that enshrined practices of unlawful detention, deportation, surveillance, and torture as everyday practices — to a moment where DHS & ICE have full reign & unprecedented capacity to terrorize, kidnap, threaten, brutalize, adults & children across the US. This exhibition is part of #FallOfFreedom, a nationwide cultural movement uniting artists, institutions, & communities in celebration of creative expression & solidarity.
@falloffreedom
Elvira Clayton ,Nona Faustine, Yevgeniy Fiks Nicholas Galanin, Chitra Ganesh + Mariam Ghani, Kris Grey, Alicia Grullon, Miguel Luciano, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Andrea Ray, Dread Scott, Kenneth Tam, Mark Tribe
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