# Event Details - **Event Name**: Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Greater New York PerformancesAbout this EventJoin us for performances by Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Kite as part of , MoMA PS1’s signature survey of artists living and working in the New York City area. May 30 Performances2 p.m.Tom Thayer, The Story of a Sudden Butterfly, 2026Written and performed by Tom ThayerTom Thayer stages an immersive performance with sound, shadow, live video mixing, and manipulable sculptures and objects.3 p.m.Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Call Me by Your Practice: A Cross-ExaminationTwo friends—both artists featured in the exhibition—deliver a performance lecture, intimately examining the use of language in each other’s practices.4 p.m.Kite, Four Handdreamers, 2026Performed by Nava Dunkelman, JJJJJerome Ellis, Robbie Wing, and KiteAn improvisational performance with violin, saxophone, banjo, and percussion exploring the cosmic space of sonic collectivity, guided by a subconscious score and the Lakȟóta values of generosity, exchange, and reciprocity.Credit: Wihanble S'a Center for Indigenous AI at Bard College, Abundant Intelligences (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, New Frontiers Research Fund)Tom Thayer (b. 1970, Chicago Heights, IL) is an artist and educator who is Professor of Painting, Drawing, and Diverse Media at the City College of New York. His work has been exhibited at Blank Forms, New York (2025); Artists Space, New York (2023), Loong Mah, New York (2021); Tetsuo’s Garage, Nikko, Japan (2019); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2013); and in the 2012 Whitney Biennial.Chang Yuchen (b. 1989, Shanxi, China) is an interdisciplinary artist. She is a recipient of New York Public Library Picture Collection Artist Fellowship and Queens Art Fund New Work Grant. Chang has presented work at institutions including Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Artists Space, New York; and Taikwun Contemporary, Hong Kong. She was an artist-in-residence at Triangle, Smack Mellon, Asymmetry Art Foundation, MASS MoCA, Museum of Art and Design, and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.Kameelah Janan Rasheed (b. 1985, East Palo Alto, CA) is a learner and a death doula in training. Her middle name, Janan, meaning “heart and soul,” comes from the Arabic trilateral root (J-N-N / جنان) evoking that which is unmoored, veiled, and wayward. Accordingly, she explores the politics and poetics of non-compliance and disobedience across written, spoken, and visual language. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021) and a Creative Capital Award (2022), and has exhibited worldwide.Kite (b. 1990, Los Angeles, CA) (Oglála Lakȟóta) is an artist, composer, and scholar whose work merges Lakȟóta knowledge systems with performance, sound, sculpture, and computational media. Kite is Director of the Wíhaŋble S’a Center for Indigenous AI at Bard College, where she is Distinguished Artist in Residence and Assistant Professor of American & Indigenous Studies. She is also Co-PI and Co-Director of the international Abundant Intelligences Research Program. Her work has been featured internationally at the Guatemala Biennial, the Whitney Biennial, the São Paulo Biennial, and the Shanghai Biennale. Kite is an enrolled citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and lives in Catskill, NY. She holds a PhD from Concordia University, Montreal. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/queens/tom-thayer-chang-yuchen-and-kameelah-janan-rasheed-kite/100001987093741873 - **Event Categories**: Art, Workshops, fine-arts, Entertainment, Exhibitions, Music - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Queens - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: MoMA PS1 - **lat**: 40.7454944 - **long**: -73.94735279999999 - **full address**: MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/09da598d2b87f0b79df67d5b1b4deff76fb3a74d8f290d668b047212c50d82ec-rimg-w1200-h1200-dc1a1713-gmir.jpg?v=1778082530 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite being held? - **A:** Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite takes place on Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite? - **A:** Tom Thayer, Chang Yuchen & Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kite is organized by MoMA PS1. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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