After the Fire is a participatory mural project by artists Nanibah Chacon, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, and Layqa Nuna Yawar.

This spring, MoMA PS1 presents a retrospective of artist, activist, and musician Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki, b. 1932), one of Canada’s most renowned filmmakers. The exhibition spans six decades of her multidisciplinary practice, bringing together a selection of films, sculptures, and sound, as well as rarely seen ephemera that sheds light on their production.

In the video Reserved (2006), Bani Abidi (Pakistani, b.1971) depicts a city at a standstill, its residents awaiting the arrival of an unspecified dignitary. Schoolchildren line a roadside with flags in hand; cars idle behind traffic barricades; an empty auditorium slowly fills; tense bureaucrats prepare for imminent political pageantry. Meanwhile, a motorcade winds through the streets.

Join us in the courtyard for a drop-in artmaking workshop inspired by Yto Barrada’s Le Grand Soir and the Moroccan tradition of human pyramids. Using biodegradable packing peanuts, participants will build modular sculptures that explore collaboration, imagination, and the act of lifting one another up, physically and metaphorically. Stop by to create together and help construct a shared vision of joy and collective possibility. All materials are provided—just bring your creativity! Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP.