About This Show

Two friends cloistered in their living quarters and studios, one by the Mississippi River and the other by the Bronx River, engage in a show-and-tell, more like a perform-and-tell, dealing with their creative lives from a place of isolation, but of great expansion as well. Drawing from a life-long art praxis that goes back long before they visited an art gallery or a museum, Billy and Nicolás focus on elements of their performances and their day-to-day to be with each other and those they touch in time and space. They also acknowledge the role of interruptions, shared rites of passages, and reinterpretations of hearsay and tales in their work and play. Billy and Nicolás integrate those in attendance by inviting them to share and discuss meaningful stuff that is part of their lives, from talismans to comfort items. Those wishing to attend, please have with you a talisman or a comfort item that you can talk about when you join this event!

[Credit: FOAMY THE WAUPETON DUCK From The Swim Project, 1987-97 Photo of Foamy ©Billy X. Curmano 2020]