Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
Exhibition
Info
Cian
Dayrit:
Liberties
Were
Taken
May
May
31,
2024—September
8,
2024
The
phrase
“counter-cartographies”
describes
Manila-based
artist
Cian
Dayrit
interdisciplinary
practice
of
transforming
historic
maps
into
portraits
of
contemporary
social
conditions.
Employing
counter-
cartography
as
an
approach,
Dayrit
charts
histories
of
imperialism,
industrialization,
and
systems
of
subjugation
that
shape
geographical
boundaries
and
cultural
narratives
around
the
world.
In
Summer
2024,
Blaffer
will
present
Dayrit’s
first
solo
museum
exhibition
in
the
United
States
with
embroidered
tapestries,
paintings,
and
sculpture.
The
exhibition
will
be
accompanied
by
Countermapping
Workshops
in
Houston
to
excavate
histories
of
imperialism,
extraction,
and
displacement
among
historically
marginalized
people,
while
summoning
new
imaginaries
that
recognize
the
overlapping
global
struggles
and
resistance.
