Kimi Hanauer
Site: 2330 Cherokee Street
For Counterpublic, Kimi Hanauer opens a large-scale public installation and publication entitled Free From To With For to consider alternative conceptions of citizenship and statelessness. Free From To With For is a participatory research project that facilitates conversations, workshops, and programs that aim to cooperatively imagine the new political practice of denizenship as an alternative to the notion of citizenship. “Denizen” has historically been used in reference to foreign residents who are granted limited rights in the states in which they reside. Building on this historical meaning, Free From To With For partners with individuals and organizations to explore the notions of “from within” and “from without” as they pertain to the nuances of citizenship, sovereignty, migration, exile, and diasporas. In response to a history of race-based exclusion to citizenship and processes of identity-erasing assimilation in the United States, Free From To With For aims to give rise to a more compassionate, ethical, and genuine vision of a liberated society that holds its denizens dear. Visitors may find the installation and publication outdoors at 2330 Cherokee Street, with a full publication release to follow on June 8th.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kimi Hanauer (b. 1993) is an artist, cultural organizer, and writer originally from Tel Aviv and based in Los Angeles. Kimi is the founding editor and organizer of Press Press, an interdisciplinary publishing studio that aims to shift and deepen the understanding of voices, identities, and narratives that have been suppressed or misrepresented by the mainstream. In her practice, she aims to cultivate models and methodologies that can serve as alternatives to our current realities, and develop networks and spaces that can translate these alternatives into concrete experiences. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art’s Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
