February 13, 2026
Artists
JORDAN DEAL
Jordan Deal (they/them) works in the intersections of performance, sound, installation, film, and text where the body becomes both instrument, interruption, and subterranean conduit. Channeling what they call chaos force—a method of embodied subversion—Deal unravels the mythologies and socio-political systems that choreograph public and private life. Their work has been presented internationally at prominent venues such as Cafe OTO (London), Radialsystem (Berlin, CTM Festival), Judson Memorial Church (NYC), Center for Performance Research (NYC), and Vox Populi (PHL). As a 2024 MAP Fund grantee, 2023–24 Artistic Fellow at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, and a 2022 research fellow at the Amant Foundation, Deal continues to experiment with black queer futurity, worldbuilding, and the unruly poetics of love & slickness.
BRANDON LÓPEZ AND FRED MOTEN
Brandon López and Fred Moten have been playing music together (with percussionist Gerald Cleaver, whenever possible) since 2018. In 2022 and 2024 they and Cleaver released albums on Reading Group Records. López is a Puerto Rican/American bassist, composer, and improviser working at the fringes of contemporary music. He has worked with many luminaries including John Zorn and Tony Malaby and has been the recipient of numerous awards by organizations like the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Jerome Foundation. Moten has written and spoken extensively on black social aesthetics. He is also involved in long-term collaborations with Laura Harris, Stefano Harney, & Wu Tsang. Moten teaches in the Department of Performance Studies at NYU.
THIS TIME’S QUARTET
Co-founded by Elsa Saade (musician/puppeteer) and Tracy Chahwan (cartoonist/illustrator), This Time's Quartet is a visionary carousel quartet that brings together four dynamic artists in an immersive, multi-sensory experience where poetry, song, music, and live illustration converge. More than a performance, it’s a journey where each artist represents a distinct creative voice, rotating in harmony like the gentle motion of a carousel, to explore themes of time, memory, and emotion.
The quartet blends lyrical storytelling with original compositions, vocal artistry, and real-time visual creation, inviting audiences to see, hear, and feel the interplay of the senses. This ensemble redefines chamber performance for the modern age, where every sense is engaged and every moment unfolds like a living artwork.
This time, for OFFERINGS, the quartet will feature: Layale Chaker (composer and violinist), Erik Ruin (shadow puppeteer and paper-cut artist), Elsa Saade and Tracy Chahwan.
