KIN: A Festival of Memory and Imagination

This October, Kinfolk Tech will transform the WSA into a living archive—a constellation of portals into memory, imagination, and the stories that refuse to disappear.

We’re living through a moment of erasure by design—digitally, politically, environmentally. This exhibition is our cultural counter-spell: a space to slow down, reconnect, and resist disappearance. KIN will showcase the importance of the archive, giving people hands-on access to the stories, monuments, and knowledge necessary to reimagine our future.

An essential part of this exhibition is the experiential programming we’re offering thanks to our amazing partners and collaborators like you. We want KIN to be a space for communal experiences for rest and repair. This exhibition space will include…

Events and Communal Spaces: weekly series of engaging musical and experimental performances, conversations featuring intergenerational artists, storytellers, and memory workers, and Community Imagination Workshops celebrate community memory and world-building.

• Reading Room & Archive
  
  • A place of rest and curiosity, the reading room and archival collection invites visitors to engage with the wisdom and materials from those who inspire cultural preservation, creativity, reclamation, and collective power. 
• The Projection Room
  
  • An enclosed space for screening experimental films and multimedia, and intimate talkbacks
• The Performance Space
  
  • A stage for musical, sonic, and movement performances, and talks
• The Meditation Room
  
  • A sanctuary for communal wellness, healing, and ancestral practices
• Marketplace
  
  • The Marketplace features artifacts of memory, apparel, and memorabilia related to Kinfolk projects, collaborations, and works by select artists. 
• Café
  
  • Food carries the stories of our ancestors, connecting us to heritage and tradition while nourishing both body and collective memory. The Café invites chefs to create culinary experiences that serve as a hub for cultural remembrance.

Check out the schedule and RSVP here:

https://luma.com/kinfolk-tech-dreaming-with-the-archives?k=c

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