
This month’s Writing Club welcomes author, designer, and educator David Gissen to facilitate a writing workshop on what a body needs in para- and post-COVID New York City. In response to the installation Body Constructs, Gissen invites participants to fantasize through discussion and writing prompts on ways that buildings, interiors, and landscapes might better represent our physical capacities, incapacities, and weaknesses.
This workshop takes place in person at MoMA in Gallery 417: Body Constructs.
David Gissen is a New York–based author, designer, and educator who works in the fields of architecture, landscape, and urban design. His recent book The Architecture of Disability (2023) has been praised as “an exhilarating manifesto” and a “complete reshaping about how we view the development and creation of architecture.” Gissen’s previous books include Subnature: Architecture’s Other Environments (2009) and Manhattan Atmospheres (2014). His architectural and design works have been exhibited and published widely, including such venues as the Venice Biennale (2016, 2021), the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Center for Architecture in New York. He is currently a professor of architecture and urban history at the Parsons School of Design/New School University.
Writing Club is part of the Artful Practices for Well-Being initiative, in which we seek to offer a space for connectedness and healing through art. In each session, a guest writer introduces different works of art and offers a series of writing prompts. We offer a calm, supportive, and welcoming environment for anyone interested in writing in response to art in the company of fellow writing enthusiasts. Participants will have the option, but not obligation, to share some of their new work with others.
Accessibility
This session will use two-way assisted listening devices. Verbal description will be provided for all images. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and CART captioning is available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these accommodations.
Experience art through writing. At each session, a guest writer will introduce different works of art and offer a series of creative writing prompts. We offer a calm, supportive, and welcoming environment for anyone interested in writing in response to art in the company of fellow writing enthusiasts. Participants will have the option, but not obligation, to share some of their new work with others. Each month, the same session will be offered twice, once in MoMA’s galleries and once online via Zoom.
Writing Club is part of the Artful Practices for Well-Being initiative, which offers ideas for connectedness and healing through art.
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Access and Community Programs are supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Major funding is provided by Volkswagen of America, the Agnes Gund Education Endowment Fund for Public Programs, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art Endowment for Educational Programs, the Jeanne Thayer Young Scholars Fund, and the Annual Education Fund.