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Leonel Vásquez: Como Volverse Caudal (How to Become a Stream)

601 Artspace New York · Lower East Side / East Village
Exhibition on view: May 29, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026

Leonel Vásquez: Como Volverse Caudal (How to Become a Stream) creates a water temple in the gallery using water collected from the Mahicannituck River — the Hudson — whose tidal waters move in both directions, mixing freshwater with Atlantic saltwater and bearing decades of PCB contamination. Two cast aluminum bowls rotate to match the river's current velocity, activating sympathetic strings through water pressure; a copper sculpture drips water onto a kalimba; nine rotating river stones are amplified through analog mechanical systems. Together the instruments make the river audible, proposing deep listening as a way of understanding our relationship to the earth and the environmental residue we leave behind.

Artist
  • Leonel Vásquez
On View
May 29, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026
Medium
Installation, Sculpture