Performance is ephemeral; it is active, visceral, singular–even when a performance is repeated, no two iterations are identical. Yet, all performances and actions leave an indelible mark, reflecting a particular time and place. These remnants, traces of what has gone before, are the foundation of Wonmi’s WAREHOUSE Programs Fall 2023 season. In focusing on the tangible and intangible vestiges of past actions, personal histories, and socio-political movements, this season looks to highlight the enduring impact of lived experience.

Two diverse but complementary projects will occupy the WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for this season. KINK OUT: EPHEMERA is a month-long residency with the bi-coastal art and activism collective, Kink Out, in collaboration with The Carter/Johnson Library and Collection, that will transform the WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who live and love differently.

The West Coast premiere of Moriah Evans’s new performance installation Remains Persist, weaves together the residue of histories, both those that are known, transcribed, or embodied and those that are perhaps unknown but nevertheless retained in the body–inherited traits, muscle memory, or intergenerational knowledge.

Fall 2023 Calendar
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Residency
September 9-October 2, 2023

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Opening Celebration
With Viola Johnson, Zackary Drucker, YourMuther, Eva Myra May, and Jolene’s Night among others.
Saturday September 9, 2023
2pm-6pm
Free with RSVP

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Affinity Tuesdays
Tuesday September 12, 2023
Tuesday September 19, 2023
Tuesday September 26, 2023
11am-5pm
Free with RSVP

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Artist Talk with Sheere Rose
Thursday, September 14, 2023
6:30pm
Free with RSVP

KINK OUT EPHEMERA
Workshop: Bootblacking, Rope, and Impact Play
Thursday, September 21
6:30pm
Free with RSVP

KINK OUT EPHEMERA
Working Girls: The Blade
Thursday, September 28, 2023
6:30pm
Free with RSVP

KINK OUT EPHEMERA
Closing Celebration
With Viola Johnson, Jill Carter, Domino Presely, Valeria Atreides, Empress Wu, Chanelle Gallant, EthicalDrvgs, and BABiEDOllZ among others.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
2–6pm
Free with RSVP

Moriah Evans, Remains Persist, 2023
October 28, 2023
October 29, 2023
November 2, 2023
November 3, 2023
November 4, 2023
4–8pm
$10 ($8 MOCA Members)

Wonmi’s WAREHOUSE Programs is organized by Alex Sloane, Associate Curator, and is produced by Amelia Charter, Producer of Performance and Programs with Michele Huizar, Programming Assistant, The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.

Wonmi's WAREHOUSE Programs is founded by Wonmi & Kihong Kwon and Family.