Was I Ever Really Here?

Curated by Sophie Barfod, Kyle Colón, Anajoara Eom, Yvetta Zheng

Artists: Sheila Carr, Rowan Renee, Ari Temkin, Hinda Weiss, Yujie Zhou

April 17 - April 30, 2025

How different is one person from another? The idea of self and Other has been ingrained socially, culturally, and historically. As cultures collide and merge, they become increasingly intertwined, and the lines that once divided them begin to blur. There’s a permeability to the sense of the Other. Anyone can find themselves between these blurred lines—a space they may have previously thought themselves on only one side of. It’s not enough to question one’s place to understand one’s role as Other. To comprehend this permeability is to acknowledge its often contradictory nature. Through various means of investigation, including self-parody, interviews, archival recollections, and historical analysis, Was I Ever Really Here? seeks to explore not only one’s existence as Other but also one’s complicity in the process of Othering. What does it mean to exist in the in-between?