May Makki

May Makki is an independent curator and writer. From 2022 to 2025, she was Curatorial Assistant at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she contributed to the programming of The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio, focusing on new commissions and presentations of live and time-based art. She curated, co-organized, and supported projects such as Martin Beck: Last Night, An Evening with Haig Aivazian, the collection display of works by Tala Madani, and Nour Mobarak: Dafne Phono. She was the 2024–25 Curatorial AIRspace resident at Abrons Arts Center. She previously held curatorial and research positions at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, MoMA PS1, and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Her writing and interviews have been published in Art in America, Art21, and Screen Slate, among others. She holds an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a BA from the University of Chicago.

may.makki@gmail.com

Nasa4nasa: Promises

August 1, 2024
99 Canal, NY

nasa4nasa is a dance collective co-founded in Cairo in 2016 by dancers Noura Seif Hassanein and Salma AbdelSalam.

In the early days of their practice, nasa4nasa would intervene into public and semi-public spaces and perform “vignettes” that they would post on Instagram. Since that moment, they have presented their work on digital platforms and at international performance venues alike. In both virtual and physical formats, their work explores themes of virtuality, desire, and twinning.

At 99 Canal, nasa4nasa performed Promises, a new improvisational score in which two bodies attempt to choreograph a field of tender composition. The performance was followed by a conversation available here.

Photo: Nour Annan.