Opening Reception for “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever”

Please join us for the opening reception of our next exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery on 14th Street.

Like everything alive that we try to hold forever

Curated by Elizabeth Diggon, Naomi Potter, and Shauna Thompson

September 25–December 19, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 24, 2026, 6–8pm

Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Diane Borsato
Stephanie Dinkins
Bridget Moser
Sondra Perry
Miya Turnbull

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“Like everything alive that we try to hold forever” brings together seven artists whose works, in a broad sense, reflect ways that our human bodies exist in relation to non-human objects and the complex, interconnected ways that these objects, through their systemic collection, consumption, and contextualization, impact our understanding of self and others.

The works here address our psychosocial relationships to materiality, responding to the embedded identities, biases, and harms entrenched within science, technology, and museological collections that are often cloaked under the guise of logical neutrality. Through a constellation of approaches, the exhibition draws parallels between these realities, presenting objects and avatars as channels that access the limits of human experience, push against it, or gesture toward a transhuman future.

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Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011

212. 647. 7778

Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11 AM–6 PM

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“Like everything alive that we try to hold forever” is curated by Elizabeth Diggon, Naomi Potter, and Shauna Thompson. The exhibition is organized by Esker Foundation and produced as a traveling exhibition by Independent Curators International (ICI). Funding for the exhibition tour has been provided by the generous support from ICI’s International Forum and the ICI Board of Trustees.