Amanda Wu, Yasmeen Abdallah, Ying Chen

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The Gambit

Amanda Wu, Yasmeen Abdallah, Ying Chen

Saturday

12–4pm

YMCA, 125 W 14th Street

Sunday

12–4pm

14th Street and Ninth Avenue

To highlight the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the war between Palestine and Israel, three artists are attached to soft sculpture umbilical cords that will lengthen and stretch throughout the festival. In a ceremonious way, they will cut some loose on the third day. People are invited to join them in a Monopoly inspired game that has a real-life scenario twist about how simple life actions have real life consequences. Postcards and two zines, with information and resources on how to help the people of Palestine and what to do in the USA after Roe V. Wade got overturned, will be available for people to take, along with suggested blurbs that people can write to their appointed officials to urge a ceasefire and to keep access to abortions available, so as not to feel to glum.

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Yasmeen Abdallah compounds the political and the personal, contemplating the human condition through evolutionary processes and social constructs. Referencing histories and current events, the work serves as a reflection of the intensity and dystopia impacting the function of news, systems and laws at play around the world. Amanda Wu is a concept and mixed media environmentalist artist who focuses on the climate crisis and how we directly impact the world. She has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Amanda has always had a passion for the environment which greatly influences her art practice. C.Y. Ying Chen is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Jackson Heights, New York.