Event Details
Crónicas del Absurdo, a mesmerizing film by director Miguel Coyula, unmasks the contradictions underlying the social and political dynamics of today’s Cuba, so often invisible to casual visitors. The film’s narrative is assembled primarily from clandestine audio recordings.
he screening will be followed by a discussion between the film’s associate producer David Leitner and artist Coco Fusco, whose exhibition Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island is on view at El Museo through January 11, 2026.
he screening will be followed by a discussion between the film’s associate producer David Leitner and artist Coco Fusco, whose exhibition Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island is on view at El Museo through January 11, 2026.
Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island Details
El Museo del Barrio is proud to present the first U.S. survey of influential Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco (b. 1960, lives in New York).
A renowned artist, Fusco has been globally lauded for her distinctly perceptive, acerbic, and piercing voice. Since the 1990s, her films, photographs, texts, installations, and performances have addressed the dynamics of politics and power in relation to issues of representation, culture, and institutional critique.
The exhibition will include more than three decades of Fusco’s artistic production, positioning her as one of the foremost artists shaping the contemporary art field.
A renowned artist, Fusco has been globally lauded for her distinctly perceptive, acerbic, and piercing voice. Since the 1990s, her films, photographs, texts, installations, and performances have addressed the dynamics of politics and power in relation to issues of representation, culture, and institutional critique.
The exhibition will include more than three decades of Fusco’s artistic production, positioning her as one of the foremost artists shaping the contemporary art field.
Location
El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th Avenue (at 104th Street)
New York, NY 10029
Image: Courtesy of El Museo del Barrio