CONVERSATIONS

“Scratch Space / Episode 16: Grammar of Grief”, March 2021
Presented by Montalvo Arts

Visual artist Indira Allegra in conversation with curator Erin Christovale as they discuss quiet and interiority as spaces for discovery and open-ended imagining. We explore Indira’s work and scholarship using weaving as a methodology, including their latest research into how we can re-conceptualize the spaces between textile threads as grief-portals. Indira will also discuss their ongoing work exploring memorial as a genre and a vital part of the human experience, and their latest project, "Grammar of Grief," a series of performances and a handbook that reimagines how we can process and memorialize bereavement, through actions of writing, sound-making and physical movement. We consider how we can move forward with our experiences of grief and loss without binary/all-or-nothing narratives.

Hosted by: Donna Conwell, Curator, Lucas Artists Residency Program and Kelly Sicat, Director, Lucas Artists Residency Program.

“A Room with a View: In the Screen with Indira Allegra and Mariana Valencia”, October 2020
Co-presented by Museum of Arts and Design and BOMB Magazine

A conversation with Indira Allegra, winner of MAD’s 2019 Burke Prize, and BOMB contributor and choreographer Mariana Valencia. Valencia and Allegra came across each other’s work on the internet, and this was their first encounter. The evening featured performance clips, stills, and pieces of their processes.