Let the River In

Meet us outside the 6 subway station in Hunts Point / Participants should be ready to dress up and wear makeup (provided)

Those seeking to join must RSVP by clicking HERE

This gathering engages camouflaging and mimicry as a survival strategy commonly used by non-human animals and plants to blend in with their surroundings. By emulating the predominant colors, shapes and patterns within their ecologies, these wise beings observe without being observed, ensuring their survival while also– sometimes–attracting other beings. Inspired by this phenomenon, participants in Let the River In are invited to inhabit a limited square footage around us along the banks of the Bronx River. The idea is to become deeply familiar with all elements we are in contact with, and from there to transform ourselves by way of fabric and makeup into the place one is embedded in. This embodiment can become an exercise in oneness with all. It is also a movement into the sensuality of the living world and a celebration of bodies, including that of the Bronx River.

Nicolás thanks Lin Wang Gordon for teaching him the square footage practice.

This gathering will be filmed and photographed

Let the River In is an action which is part of Bodies of Water / Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River, a program conceived and produced by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful, with individual actions co-created with Arantxa Araujo, Andrés Senra, Luis A., and Priscilla Marrero & Ferran Martin.

The series of actions is dedicated to the late Nancy Wallace. “She…[Nancy]…helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and Westchester County” The New York Times