DUSK circle: weaving knowledge with the night sky with Bel Falleiros

This hands-on sharing circle will be structured in two moments: one of relating to the landscape around Recess and the beings (animal, plants, minerals, etc) that have lived in this area, and a second one of engaging with the presented references (from poets, activists, scientists, artists), looking to what they offer as additional language, strategies and technologies for life caring and interconnectedness. Every participant will choose what are the words they relate the most to and will be invited to directly transform the night sky cyanotypes presented in the space.

We will use simple art-making tools, like drawing and transfer paper to include additional words and symbols and nurture each others' strategies on how to better relate to the Earth, the Cosmos and our communities. The artist invites participants to utilize their experiences to activate memories or share knowledge they carry and want to bring to the conversation.

main in the space for an open conversation with the artist.

About the Project

DAWN–DUSK–DAWN unfolds as a space to reconnect with the cycles of life—light and dark, beginning and ending—as a way to reflect on regenerative practices and life-caring technologies. This project asks how we might open space to better hear what is within us, and from there, listen more deeply to what surrounds us.

Physically, at its center artist Bel Fallerios places an immersive sculpture: a large woven vessel that visitors can enter, a structure that holds and embraces. Surrounding it, an evolving field of references—images and texts from poets, scientists, artists, and activists—will gather over time, gradually transforming into a constellation or mapping inspired by the night-sky. Through a sequence of public programs, the project extends into embodied experience: hands-on art-making, collective practices with the body, and gatherings attuned to spirit and the senses.

DAWN–DUSK–DAWN returns to the importance of intimate, held space for reflection—alone and together. It asks how we are shaped by the conditions of this moment, and how we might begin to heal ourselves while also tending to the environments we inhabit. Envisioned as a refuge, the space is inspired by the words of Ailton Krenak, who calls for a “becoming forest” within the metropolis—a shift toward a future where life can continue. Visitors are invited to enter, rest, and spend time with the work as it evolves—returning across cycles, engaging with its programs, and carrying its questions outward.

46 Washington Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11205

Either the artist or Recess staff will be available to view the project in process.

About Session

Recess’s Session program offers artists flexible time and space to develop ambitious projects in a public setting. Visitors encounter works-in-progress, installations, and collaborative experiments as they evolve in real time.

Session supports the creation of new work by giving artists a project stipend, artist’s fee, technical support, mentorship, and approximately two months to transform Recess into a hybrid of a productive studio space dynamic exhibition platform. Throughout the session, we will facilitate public interactions with the Recess community, as well as connections among intentional communities as identified by each artist. Our hope is that these engagements provide an opportunity for mutually beneficial exchanges that not only refine the artists’ thinking, but that challenge dominant narratives and activate new forms of artmaking.

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Our programs welcome radical thinkers to imagine and shape networks of resilience and safety. By challenging dominant narratives and activating new forms of creative production, Recess defines and advances the possibilities of contemporary art.

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