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An Archival Séance: The Critical Record with Marina Otero Verzier at Van Alen Institute

An Archival Séance: The Critical Record with Marina Otero Verzier

Marina Otero Verzier leads a performance and séance with Paula Viliplana, considering how scholars and critics reinterpret the architectural record through race, exclusion, and power.

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October 29, 2026 · 7 PM – 8:30 PM

Van Alen Institute, Brooklyn · Free ·

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Marina Otero Verzier leads a performance and séance exploring how race, exclusion, and power shape interpretations of the architectural record.

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Presented alongside our fall exhibition Open Access: Exploring 130 Years of American Design, join us for a performance and séance led by Marina Otero Verzier, in collaboration with Paula Viliplana, whose work is on view in Open Access. Marina explores the topic of “the critical record”: How do scholars, historians, and critics actively reinterpret the official architectural record through the lens of race, exclusion, and power? Together, we will tune into the spirits of those not present in our

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