ACCESS INFORMATION:

PARTICIPANT INC is located at 116 Elizabeth Street, floor one, in Chinatown, between Broome and Grand Streets. The closest trains are the J/Z (Bowery) and the B/D (Grand); the closest wheelchair accessible stop is the 6 (Canal). Entry is on grade and the gallery is barrier free throughout with an all gender, wheelchair accessible bathroom. Service animals are welcome.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

We acknowledge that PARTICIPANT INC and New York City are on Lenapehoking: the unceded land and waters of the Wappinger, Canarsie, Munsee, and Lenni-Lenape of the Delaware Nation and the Wiechquaesgeek First Nation. We engage communities with the knowledge that our city’s infrastructure is built on these lands by extracted and forced labor. As members of both the arts and education communities, we are not only obligated to acknowledge but also to reckon with settler histories and present realities of theft, enslavement, and dispossession. We aim to inspire action in support of decolonization, decarceration, reparation, and repair.

Participant After Dark, our online platform, is mindful that colonial legacies are inextricably linked to online activities that include technologies, algorithms, and the privileged use of information-sharing among certain groups. Technological access is severely limited on tribal lands. The Federal Communications Commission has absolute control of the electromagnetic spectrum, allowing them to determine how and where the internet is accessed nationally. Despite advocacy toward respecting spectrum sovereignty (the right to develop innovative ways to manage the digital divide on Tribal lands, to choose how much of the spectrum is available for commercial, public, or community use), the laws eliminate the ability of tribes to fully control revenue from spectrum on Tribal lands, access basic equipment, and high-speed internet.

Participant After Dark recognizes that this restricted access is disruptive to Indigenous communities on Tribal lands, prohibiting access to wider community engagement, news, medical access, and support. We want to work with artists and educators in addressing the damage that these technologies cause with their significant carbon footprint and the corrosive effect that their contribution makes to the climate crisis, disproportionately affecting Indigenous peoples worldwide.