HIDE-AND-SEEK Group Exhibit
@ Le Petit Versailles, 247 East 2nd St.
Saturday, September 6th, 2025 from 2 - 9PM
Hide-and-Seek is an ongoing curatorial project conceived as an itinerant and modular group exhibition, unfolding through different iterations in various spaces and adapting each time to the site that hosts it. Rooted in posthuman theoretical perspectives and inspired by New York’s community gardens, the project reconsiders relationships within open spaces, particularly in green and communal environments designed for hosting and sharing. By engaging artists with diverse practices, Hide-and-Seek explores a posthuman vision centered on interdependence and coexistence among all forms of life. The exhibition transforms with each “situated iteration”, welcoming new guest artists, performers, and activities to respond to the specificity of the context and the local community. In Hide-and-Seek, the game of hide-and-seek between artist, artwork, and visitor becomes a metaphor for an engaged and egalitarian dialogue, transforming the exhibition into a living and ever-evolving ecosystem.
Curated by Debora Maurelli
Artists: Anna Costantino, Bruna D'Alessandro, Elias Diplas, Shahira Hammad, Daniel Scordio
Guest Contributors: Yasmeen Abdallah, Amy Greco, Rathie Halfin, Eileen Ramos, Valkyrie Yao
Theoretical Contributor: Maria F. (Mafe) Izaguirre
TIMELINE
ALL DAY: The Card Catalog of Potential by Eileen Ramos
A small vintage archive opens up as a participatory space for imagination and connection: create, write, collage, and leave your mark in one of the drawers of this collective card catalog
3 - 4:30PM Embodied Remembrance by Amy Greco
Registration Required
A participatory breathwork session woven with memory, presence, and connection. Gather in the garden's central circle to connect with ancestral traces and reshape a shared space through breath, gaze and listening
5:30 - 7:00PM The Picnic Party by Yasmeen Abdallah
A joyful potluck picnic where food, conversation, and nature come together. Don't forget some food or drink that stains and an hammer to join in a petal-pounding session, to leave a trace of the time together on the blanket.