MOCA Store Presents : How to Tell When We Will Die: A Celebration with Johanna Hedva

An event to celebrate Johanna Hedva'sHow to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom, the visionary essay collection ten years in the making, that began with the seminal essay "Sick Woman Theory" going viral in 2016. Released in fall 2024, the essay collection's ongoing impact and reach has revolutionized disability discourse to include topics such as monstrosity, queerness, kink, sex, pleasure, ambition, heavy metal moshpits, wrestling, and the color yellow. Multimedia presentations from Johanna Hedva, P. Staff, and Xina Xurner will be followed by a book signing.Johanna Hedvais a Korean American writer, artist, and musician from Los Angeles. Hedva is the author of the essay collectionHow To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, andDoom, published September 2024, by Hillman Grad Books. They are also the author of the novelsYour Love Is Not GoodandOn Hell, as well asMinerva the Miscarriage of the Brain, a collection of poems, performances, and essays. Their albums areBlack Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th HouseandThe Sun and the Moon. Their essay “Sick Woman Theory,” published in 2016, has been translated into 11 languages.P. Staffis an artist based in London and Los Angeles. Their work has been exhibited, screened and performed internationally, including a solo show at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2017.Xina Xurneris an experimental music/performance collaboration between Marvin Astorga And Young Joon Kwak, whose cathartic performances combine DIY and power electronics, mutated vocals, and bad drag to expand ideas about queer and trans bodies.

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