Triple Canopy Symposium 2025 (Day 2)

Saturday, October 11, 20252:00 pm

doors 1:30pm

FREE W/ RSVP

Two days of conversations, performances, and festivities, hosted by Roulette and presented in partnership with Critical Minded.

Triple Canopy’s annual symposium is a manifestation of the magazine’s concerns and collaborations, in person and in real time. The two-day gathering brings together artists, writers, performers, and researchers to address the role of culture in responding (or contributing) to a range of critical issues.

Tapes, publications, and wares will be available from PTP. Worker Coffee will be on site selling coffee and tea.

more info at canopycanopycanopy.com

Friday, October 10

8pm // Holes Marathon
Gregg Bordowitz, Zoë Hopkins, Lucas de Lima, Muyassar Kurdi with Makimakkuk, Maya Martinez, Louis Osmosis & Symara Sarai
An evening of performances of—and about—holes.

Saturday, October 11

2 pm // Bad Criticism
Andrea Long Chu & Rachel Hunter Himes with Rachel Ossip
A conversation on when, why, and who cultural criticism fails.

3:30pm // Culture at the Front
Michael Denning, Kay Gabriel, Amirtha Kidambi & Jackson Polys (New Red Order) with Ciarán Finlayson
A panel on the history and future of leftist opposition movements connecting artists and writers with organizers and unions.

5pm // Language Against Intelligence
David Levine, Alix Rule & Dawn Chan with Alexander Provan
A conversation about the afterlife of International Art English in the age of text-based slop.

8pm // Surround Sound
Ryan C. Clarke, Jace Clayton, Dorothy Carlos, Buz Donald, Brandon Lopez & Kwami Winfield
A live, low-frequency improvisation and conversation about bass (as a technology and metaphor) in and beyond Black music. Presented with Roulette.

9:30pm // Symposium Afterparty at El Zason
A celebration of the 2025 Symposium at El Zason, 491 Atlantic Ave, with music presented by PTP, drink specials, and discounted tacos.

All symposium programming will be livestreamed by Roulette, and archived for future viewing.

Triple Canopy is a nonprofit/magazine that works with artists and writers to address the critical issues that define contemporary life. Triple Canopy is committed to cultivating unconventional, unassimilated forms of thought and expression, and to meaningfully supporting the people who produce them. The magazine collaborates with contributors on artworks, essays, fictions, conversations, performances, and books (among other media) from conception to realization, navigating the digital and physical realms where ideas and audiences take shape. In doing so, Triple Canopy strives to not only analyze but alter the structures that influence whose voices are heard, whose stories are circulated, and whose experiences are valued.

Triple Canopy Symposium 2025 (Day 2)

Saturday, October 11, 20252:00 pm

doors 1:30pm

FREE W/ RSVP

Two days of conversations, performances, and festivities, hosted by Roulette and presented in partnership with Critical Minded.

Tapes, publications, and wares will be available from PTP. Worker Coffee will be on site selling coffee and tea.

more info at canopycanopycanopy.com

Friday, October 10

Saturday, October 11

2 pm // Bad Criticism
Andrea Long Chu & Rachel Hunter Himes with Rachel Ossip
A conversation on when, why, and who cultural criticism fails.

5pm // Language Against Intelligence
David Levine, Alix Rule & Dawn Chan with Alexander Provan
A conversation about the afterlife of International Art English in the age of text-based slop.

9:30pm // Symposium Afterparty at El Zason
A celebration of the 2025 Symposium at El Zason, 491 Atlantic Ave, with music presented by PTP, drink specials, and discounted tacos.

All symposium programming will be livestreamed by Roulette, and archived for future viewing.

Triple Canopy is a nonprofit/magazine that works with artists and writers to address the critical issues that define contemporary life. Triple Canopy is committed to cultivating unconventional, unassimilated forms of thought and expression, and to meaningfully supporting the people who produce them. The magazine collaborates with contributors on artworks, essays, fictions, conversations, performances, and books (among other media) from conception to realization, navigating the digital and physical realms where ideas and audiences take shape. In doing so, Triple Canopy strives to not only analyze but alter the structures that influence whose voices are heard, whose stories are circulated, and whose experiences are valued.

The 2025 Symposium is made possible through the generous support of Critical Minded, an initiative to invest in cultural critics of color cofounded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Ford Foundation; the Lambent Foundation/Fund of Tides Foundation; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation; the Ken & Judith Joy Family Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund and the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses; the Stolbun Family; and Triple Canopy’s Publishers Circle.

Beverages have been graciously provided by Grimm Artisanal Ales, Narragansett Brewing Company, and Zev Rovine Selections.

The visual identity for the 2025 Symposium was created by Somnath Bhatt.