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Yanira Castro / a canary torsi’s
EXORCISM = LIBERATION
a participatory public art intervention
Nonotuck, Nipmuc, Pocumtuc Lands / Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, MA
September - November, 2024
A.P.E. is thrilled to be stewarding Puerto Rican-born, Brooklyn-based artist Yanira Castro / a canary torsi, and a team of collaborators, as they launch this new public art project.
Exorcism = Liberation is a public art project that investigates our relationship to land, self-determination, migration, and climate disaster. Through collective citywide experiences in New York City, Chicago, and the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, we invite the American public to imagine alternative futures through the lens of Puerto Rican culture and the U.S.' ongoing colonial history. Exorcism = Liberation utilizes familiar forms of political media campaigns to immerse the public in sonic experiences, distributing stickers, posters, handmade banners, lawn signs and pins through local community and art organizations. In our local region, the public will also encounter these works on the PVTA bus system.
Exorcism = Liberation is an act of intervention, a rehearsal for collective action during a critical American election. To learn more about the project, partners, and upcoming events, check out exorcism-liberation.net
The public is invited and encouraged to participate in this innovative public art campaign by picking up free project materials at any of the numerous ‘hub sites’ throughout the region, including A.P.E.'s Main Street Gallery.
Grab and share FREE project materials at these local hub sites:
- A.P.E (Available Potential Enterprises) Ltd:
- Frost Library, Amherst College Main Quadrangle
- Holyoke Public Library
- Nuestras Raices
- UMass Fine Arts Center
- W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst
Exorcism = Liberation is a public art project that investigates our relationship to land, self-determination, migration, and climate disaster. Through collective citywide experiences in New York City, Chicago, and the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts, we invite the American public to imagine alternative futures through the lens of Puerto Rican culture and the U.S.' ongoing colonial history. Exorcism = Liberation utilizes familiar forms of political media campaigns to immerse the public in sonic experiences, distributing stickers, posters, handmade banners, lawn signs and pins through local community and art organizations. In our local region, the public will also encounter these works on the PVTA bus system.
Exorcism = Liberation is an act of intervention, a rehearsal for collective action during a critical American election. To learn more about the project, partners, and upcoming events, check out exorcism-liberation.net
The public is invited and encouraged to participate in this innovative public art campaign by picking up free project materials at any of the numerous ‘hub sites’ throughout the region, including A.P.E.'s Main Street Gallery.
Grab and share FREE project materials at these local hub sites:
- A.P.E (Available Potential Enterprises) Ltd:
- Gallery at 126 Main St. Northampton
- Lobby of 33 Hawley, Northampton
- Frost Library, Amherst College Main Quadrangle
- Holyoke Public Library
- Nuestras Raices
- UMass Fine Arts Center
- W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst
SPECIAL CULMINATING EVENT
COMMUNAL MEAL + ART ACTIVATION
with artist Yanira Castro and guests
NOVEMBER 1, 6pm • WORKROOM @ 33 HAWLEY
Please join us for a communal meal prepared by artist Yanira Castro. At this gathering, we will collectively experience the project audio score 'What is your first memory of dirt?', share food prepared with local ingredients, and be in conversation that centers land and remembrance as a collective tool toward liberation.
FREE • RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
COMMUNAL MEAL + ART ACTIVATION
with artist Yanira Castro and guests
NOVEMBER 1, 6pm • WORKROOM @ 33 HAWLEY
Please join us for a communal meal prepared by artist Yanira Castro. At this gathering, we will collectively experience the project audio score 'What is your first memory of dirt?', share food prepared with local ingredients, and be in conversation that centers land and remembrance as a collective tool toward liberation.
FREE • RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
FULL SCHEDULE OF LOCAL EVENTS
Updates will be available on the project’s website. All events are free to the public. Some will require registration or reservations.
SEPTEMBER
September 15 - October 15: Bus ads appear on local Pioneer Valley Transit Authority PVTA busses
September 15 - November 6
"I came here to weep" on view on the rear garage door of A.P.E. Ltd (Northampton, MA)
September 12 at 6PM: Codemakers event. Activation of 'Exorcism = Liberation' and communal meal centering a dialogue on self-determination presented by UMass Fine Arts Center at the Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts lobby (Amherst, MA)
OCTOBER
October 16 at 5PM: Storytelling and Aural Archive of What is your first memory of dirt?, centering family, land, and remembrance as a collective tool towards liberation. Local teens interview their families and neighbors about their first memories of land. Takes place at Holyoke Public Library with Holyoke Media.
October 17 at 4:30PM: - Activation and dialogue - I came here to weep with Professor Paul Schroeder Rodriguez and La Causa students at Amherst College Frost Library (Amherst, MA)
October 17 at 7PM: Community meal and activation of Exorcism = Liberation with La Causa students and faculty following library activation and dialogue at Amherst College La Causa (Amherst, MA)
NOVEMBER
November 1 at 6PM: Community meal and activation of What is your first memory of dirt? with guests TBA, centering land and remembrance as a collective tool toward liberation. Presented by A.P.E. Ltd at The Workroom @ 33 Hawley (Northampton, MA)
Updates will be available on the project’s website. All events are free to the public. Some will require registration or reservations.
SEPTEMBER
September 15 - October 15: Bus ads appear on local Pioneer Valley Transit Authority PVTA busses
September 15 - November 6
"I came here to weep" on view on the rear garage door of A.P.E. Ltd (Northampton, MA)
September 12 at 6PM: Codemakers event. Activation of 'Exorcism = Liberation' and communal meal centering a dialogue on self-determination presented by UMass Fine Arts Center at the Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts lobby (Amherst, MA)
OCTOBER
October 16 at 5PM: Storytelling and Aural Archive of What is your first memory of dirt?, centering family, land, and remembrance as a collective tool towards liberation. Local teens interview their families and neighbors about their first memories of land. Takes place at Holyoke Public Library with Holyoke Media.
October 17 at 4:30PM: - Activation and dialogue - I came here to weep with Professor Paul Schroeder Rodriguez and La Causa students at Amherst College Frost Library (Amherst, MA)
October 17 at 7PM: Community meal and activation of Exorcism = Liberation with La Causa students and faculty following library activation and dialogue at Amherst College La Causa (Amherst, MA)
NOVEMBER
November 1 at 6PM: Community meal and activation of What is your first memory of dirt? with guests TBA, centering land and remembrance as a collective tool toward liberation. Presented by A.P.E. Ltd at The Workroom @ 33 Hawley (Northampton, MA)
🟥 Exorcism = Liberation Team 🟥
Concept, Script & Direction Yanira Castro (@acanarytorsi)
Audio Design: Erica Ricketts (@rude_ricketts)
Graphic Design: Alejandro Torres Viera (@alejandro.gif) and Luis A. Vázquez O’Neill (@luisvazquezoneill)
Audio Performances: Melissa DuPrey (@boomboomduprey), josé alejandro rivera (@jrriverr), Steph Reyes (@bdeboricua)
Bomba: Michael Rodríguez
Creative Producer: Ariel Lembeck (@ariel_lembeck)
Project Management: Tyler Rai (@tyler_rai10)
Audio Description: Andrew Chapman
“Exorcism = Liberation” is stewarded locally in Western MA by @apearts in partnership with @umassfac and by @esschicago in Chicago. The project is made possible with generous support from Creative Capital Foundation (@creative_capital), a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Interdisciplinary Artist Fellowship, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (@foundationforcontemporaryarts) Emergency Grant, and @lmcc_nyc’s Arts Center Residency.
#ExorcismLiberation #acanarytorsi
Concept, Script & Direction Yanira Castro (@acanarytorsi)
Audio Design: Erica Ricketts (@rude_ricketts)
Graphic Design: Alejandro Torres Viera (@alejandro.gif) and Luis A. Vázquez O’Neill (@luisvazquezoneill)
Audio Performances: Melissa DuPrey (@boomboomduprey), josé alejandro rivera (@jrriverr), Steph Reyes (@bdeboricua)
Bomba: Michael Rodríguez
Creative Producer: Ariel Lembeck (@ariel_lembeck)
Project Management: Tyler Rai (@tyler_rai10)
Audio Description: Andrew Chapman
“Exorcism = Liberation” is stewarded locally in Western MA by @apearts in partnership with @umassfac and by @esschicago in Chicago. The project is made possible with generous support from Creative Capital Foundation (@creative_capital), a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Interdisciplinary Artist Fellowship, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (@foundationforcontemporaryarts) Emergency Grant, and @lmcc_nyc’s Arts Center Residency.
#ExorcismLiberation #acanarytorsi