Exhibition Details
The Queens Museum presents a newly commissioned work by internationally acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce. Demonstrate is an ambitious installation that recognizes the essential power of the voice as a vehicle for freedom, collaboration, and radical imagination in ways that are emblematic of Boyce’s social practice.
The exhibition emerges from film and photographic documentation generated over two days of gatherings and events at the Queens Museum. Working directly with local organizations, the film shoots brought together a diverse group of New Yorkers, artists, educators, and the Resistance Revival Chorus to explore the relationship between artistic expression and the formation of community.
The exhibition emerges from film and photographic documentation generated over two days of gatherings and events at the Queens Museum. Working directly with local organizations, the film shoots brought together a diverse group of New Yorkers, artists, educators, and the Resistance Revival Chorus to explore the relationship between artistic expression and the formation of community.
Additional Details
Drawing from the creative abundance that regularly congregates at the Museum, Boyce facilitated performances in which participants were invited to make, sing, speak, or move to open up possibilities for play and social exchange. Documentation of these improvised encounters becomes material for multi-channel videos, kaleidoscopic wallpaper prints, photographs, and sculptural constructions presented in immersive installations.
For Demonstrate, Boyce’s works across a range of media direct our attention to moments of celebration, commemoration, testimony, and ritual.
For Demonstrate, Boyce’s works across a range of media direct our attention to moments of celebration, commemoration, testimony, and ritual.
Location
Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
Image: Sonia Boyce, “Demonstrate: What We Want,” 2026. Production still with Resistance Revival Chorus / photo by Aarony Bailey / courtesy of Queens Museum