PARTICIPANT INC presents Emily Roysdon, If Only a Wave. The first solo exhibition of Roysdon’s work in New York since 2011, it will feature new sculpture, photograms, screen prints, neon works, and performance. For the exhibition, Roysdon has created a new symbol for other kinds of time: a stylized motif of an upside down triangle, a row of waves lining its widest width. Broken down, built up, and reiterated throughout If Only a Wave, it forms an abstract lexicon for ways to think through – elliptically – relationships between time and queer activism, space and the body, writing and performance. Both a surface and a shape, Roysdon’s wave is manifest as clocks, photograms, and sculpture. These works are joined by a series of photogram “calendars” where a butt plug, used like a sundial in the darkroom, makes covert appearance as a light bulb. A neon constellation lights up the room with a diagram for movement.

Sunday, Feb 22, 7:30pm
UNCOUNTED (Performance 4)

Emily Roysdon’s text UNCOUNTED serves as a theoretical framework for reflections on time, queer activism, and the body. Featuring Gregg Bordowitz, Morgan Bassichis, Sharon Hayes, Nick Hallett, and Malin Arnell, among others.