Uncensored New York (b.2021)
art movement, social practice, distribution, education

Uncensored New York is an art movement dedicated to preserving transgression. Recent projects include two feature length film distributions: Kansas Bowling’s Cuddly Toys and Jonathan Rosado’s Brutalist Couture and two music projects Death Dance Music and Pain Annihilator.

Our public programming offers lectures, music, exhibitions and other experiments. We’ve organized programming in NYC, Miami, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, St. Louis and Philadelphia at Printed Matter Chelsea, John Giorno Foundation, Ki Smith Gallery, Public Works Administration, Whammy! Los Angeles, PhilaMOCA, The Broad Theater, Rockaway Art Week + more.

The 2024 - 2025 studio art class Fear or Death is currently in session. We offer both project development and a syllabus on art, history, politics and writing. Guest lectures include Ira Silverberg (Grove Press, High Risk), Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family) and Joseph Cochran.

The lectures + discussions are distributed via Profane Realm // Reino Profano, a Usb exchange inspired by alternative distribution methods that counter censorship and assimilation across the Americas. It promotes a free exchange that emphasizes real-life relationships and bypasses the filters imposed by our current media infrastructure. For example, consider researching ‘El Paquete Semanal’ in Cuba.

Uncensored New York is part of the Brujas World Syndicate and the recipient of Creatives Rebuild New York and The City Artist Corps Grant.

Principles and Values, July 2022

We have come together to create an art movement for those who do not want to conform to the superficial standards of mass media. Our interest is in art that is political by nature. We operate under our own set of values that exist outside of the parameters that mass media creates. We oppose rules that weigh us down, restrict us and turn us against one another.

Sublimation in art: To channel pain, impulse, hate, intrusive thoughts, violence, fear and taboo into art in order to understand the complexity of human nature.
Radical Inclusion: Elevate art by those who have to fight the systems they are confined to, separate art from the artist, do not judge art solely on the character of the artist, break down boundaries, bring together people from all different backgrounds.
Empathy: We must help those who are struggling. We must accept and forgive in order to heal.
Resist the Spectacle
Spirituality and mindfulness in everyday life, we are in flux.

https://www.uncensorednewyork.com