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Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante
October 10, 2024 – February 17, 2025
MoMA PS1
Offerings for Escalante marks the first major US museum exhibition of artist duo Enzo Camacho (Filipino, b. 1985) and Ami Lien (American, b. 1987), on view October 10, 2024 through February 17, 2025 at MoMA PS1. For over a decade, Camacho and Lien’s multidisciplinary practice has addressed localized resistance within globalized economies of labor, particularly in the Philippines. Through newly produced moving-image works and a light-based installation, as well as a suite of handmade paper works, the exhibition centers the Philippine island of Negros, a site known for its sugar plantations. With a focused attention on narratives at the margins, the artists examine how historical events continue to shape contemporary life in the region and beyond.
Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante is organized by Ruba Katrib, Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, MoMA PS1. Exhibition research and support is provided by Andrea Sánchez, Coordinator of Curatorial Affairs, MoMA PS1.
The presentation at MoMA PS1 emerges from a cross-institutional collaboration between Para Site, CCA Berlin, and the Glasgow International.
Leadership support for Ami Lien and Enzo Camacho: Offerings for Escalante is provided by the Teiger Foundation Exhibition Fund.
Significant support is provided by Lisa Young and Steven Abraham.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
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Images
Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien. Langit Lupa. 2023. Video (color, sound). 56:21 min. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. Photo: Steven Panecassio
Installation view of Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 10, 2024 through February 17, 2025. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien. Decomposition Animation. 2023. 16mm Film (color, silent). 50 sec. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 10, 2024 through February 17, 2025. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien. Flame Garden (bruised) (detail). 2024. Watercolor, ink, beeswax, abaca pulp, bagasse, banana stalk, cilantro, coconut, cogon grass, fennel, kale, leek, onion skins, primrose petals, rice hull, sargassum algae, seashell, seaweed, spring onion, statice blossoms, and taro shoots. Installation view of Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien: Offerings for Escalante, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 10, 2024 through February 17, 2025. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Ami Lien & Enzo Camacho. Langit Lupa (Still). 2023. High-Definition Video (color, sound). 56 mins, 21 seconds. Courtesy the artists and 47 Canal, New York.
Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien. Bird. 2020. Vegetable fibers. Courtesy the artists and 47 Canal, New York. Photo: Joerg Lohse
Enzo Camacho & Ami Lien. Needs (4). 2020. Banana peel, cotton, ink, pearls. Courtesy the artists and 47 Canal, New York. Photo: Joerg Lohse
Portrait of Ami Lien and Enzo Camacho. Photo: Diana Pfammatter