Dream Tattoos with Mariquitx

Inspired by Cecilia Vicuña’s works around dreaming and quilting, Mariquitx invites you to take part in a gathering and collective performance in which we will explore dreams from an individual and collective perspective.

Honoring Kite & Alisha Wormsley's project, , and the idea of translating dreams into patterns, and informed by the Mariquitx's hand-poked tattoo practice, we will contribute to the cosmic quilt of dreams by collectively performing dream-inspired tattoos in the form of symbols on a large translucent surface. Participants are welcome to bring a dream they want to work with, but it is not exclusive, everyone is welcome. Mariquitx will design and provide the dream-inspired symbols, and they will guide participants throughout the whole gathering. We will relate our dreams to the symbols using our intuition, to then embody them into the shared surface that will become a reflection and live manifestation of our collective dream. To finish, we will have a short journaling session in which we will translate our collective dream into words, and find connections with our individual dreams.

Mariquitx is a queer artist from Buenos Aires, based in Brooklyn, NY. Their process-driven practice extends across mediums including tattooing, drawing, sculpture, painting, and socially-engaged art. Grounded in abstraction, their hand-poke tattoo work has unwrapped new forms of expression, through which they explore the interconnection between skin, boundaries, vulnerability, and healing. For Mariqutix, tattoos are a co-creation, and hold the possibility of generating a shared space of care and healing. During the tattoo process, each poke creates a wound. Mariquitx considers how these can become channels through which vulnerability flows through, dissolving the barriers that divide us from all others. An eternal mark, a trace of a transient connection, becomes one with the skin. 

Accessibility

CTHQ is located on the 7th Floor of 59 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. The building entrance has no steps and elevator access is provided directly to CTHQ. Service animals are welcome.

A variety of seating options are available including: wooden chairs with backs and wooden benches and stools. This event begins at 6:00 pm and ends at 8:00 pm.

Accessibility Requests

If you have any questions regarding accessibility or to request specific accommodations, please email: [email protected].

Covid Guidelines

While masks are not required, they are available to all guests at CTHQ and mask-wearing is encouraged. If you are feeling sick or have tested positive for Covid-19, we ask that you please refrain from participating in CTHQ programs in order to care for fellow community members.

Transportation

The closest MTA subway stations are: Astor Place on the 6 line, 2nd Avenue on the F line, and 8th Street-NYU on the R Line. These stations are not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are: Bleecker Street on the 6 line and Broadway-Lafayette on the B/D/F/M line, with an elevator on the north side of Houston St. between Lafayette St. and Crosby St. Parking in the vicinity is free after 6 PM.

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