OCDChinatown is a contemporary space for sound, image, object, movement and thought, located in

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in the

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neighborhood of

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. It was established in 2018 by Liutas van Hook. OCDChinatown has shown a roster of international artists and performance and has collaborated with the arts organization

BOFFO BOFFO is a nonprofit arts community and organization in Fire Island Pines, New York. Since 2009, BOFFO has presented the work of 700+ artists across a breadth of disciplines to share and perform work during the summer months. The multidisciplinary ...

for the 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 BOFFO Performance Festival Fire Island held in the

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. several exhibitions were selected by ''

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'' critics as international "Must Sees," including Nash Glynn's ''Self-portrait With One Foot Forward And One Hand Reaching Out'', Carlos Motta and Tiamat Legion Medusa, Camilo Godoy's ''Amigxs'', Geo Wyex's ''Looking For Stars Out Of What Stinks'', ''It's Personal'' (Nash Glynn, Sam Penn, Ser Serpas), and Nao Bustamante's ''Brown Disco''.

Artists and collaborators

Pippa Garner Pippa Garner (born 1942 outside of Chicago, Illinois), formerly known as Philip Garner, is an artist and author known for making parody forms of consumer products as well as custom bicycles and automobiles. Notable publications written by Garner i ...

Nao Bustamante Nao Bustamante (born September 3, 1969) is a Chicana interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator from the San Joaquin Valley in California. Her artistic practice encompasses performance art, sculpture, installation, and video and explores issu ...

* Sigrid Lauren and Young Boy Dancing Group *

Nash Glynn Nash Glynn (born 1992) is an American artist working in painting, photography, and video. She is known for her nude self-portraits and minimalist landscapes and still lives. She frequently depicts herself in her paintings using a simple palette ...

Sam Penn Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fiction ...

Ser Serpas Ser Serpas (born 1995) is a visual artist from Los Angeles, California. Serpas is known for her earth-toned paintings, installations, and sculptures made from found objects. Early life and education Serpas grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborh ...

* Geo Wyex * Ryan Ponder McNamara * Carlos Motta and Tiamat Legion Medusa * E. Jane * Camilo Godoy * Elliot Reed *

Carlos Martiel Carlos Martiel (born 1989) is a contemporary installation and performance artist. Martiel was born in Havana, Cuba. He identifies as queer and Afro-Latinx, with Haitian and Jamaican ancestry. He graduated from Cuba's Escuela Nacional de Bell ...

* Jessica Mitrani * Luke O'Halloran * Young Boy Dancing Group *

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* Jessie Stead * Joseph Teeling * Ian Giles * Sam Roeck{{Cite web , date=2018-09-27 , title=New pencil drawings and space-design on view at OCDChinatown , url=http://gayletter.com/advent-sam-roeck/ , access-date=2023-08-17 , website=GAYLETTER * Lord of Beef * Michael Auder *

Eckhaus Latta Eckhaus Latta is an American fashion brand. The brand is known for their use of unexpected materials, exploring texture and tactility in their designs, and for incorporating writing, performance, and video into their practice. In 2018, Eckhaus ...

References

Arts organizations based in New York City Chinatown, Manhattan 2018 establishments in New York City Arts organizations established in 2018