Anh Vo, Song and Sex: Before the Revolution Curated by Alhena Katsof May 10 - June 21, 2026 Opening Sunday, May 10, 7-9pm Gallery hours, Thursday - Sunday, noon-7pm
It is not a reconstruction. It’s not preservation. It’s an attempt to sit inside the ambivalence between inheritance and experimentation, devotion and irreverence. - Anh Vo
PARTICIPANT INC presents Vietnamese choreographer and performance artist Anh Vo’s first solo exhibition in New York City, Song and Sex: Before the Revolution, curated by Alhena Katsof. This unfolding exhibition exists in tandem with a series of performances that will take place weekly in the gallery. Each performance is a distinctive attempt at resurrection, invoked by an ever-evolving cast of artists, dancers, and musicians.
Song and Sex: Before the Revolution is the culmination of a year-long project during which Vo apprenticed with Vũ Thuỳ Linh and Phạm Đình Hoằng, two master-musicians who specialize in Ca Trù. This dying form of northern Vietnamese chamber music, austere and trance-like, is built on intricate poetic meters and a striking interplay between voice, drum, and lute. In the 20th century, it was condemned and effectively banned by the Communist government because of its association with prostitution and opium culture.
Performance Schedule:
Resurrection #1: it's not a revolution without blood Sunday, May 10, 7-8pm Participants: Anh Vo, Kristel Baldoz, Kyle b. co., Jessica Pavone, Marija Kovačević, Natalie Zhao
Resurrection #2: how's it going down there? Sunday, May 17, 2-5pm Participants: Anh Vo, Kristel Baldoz, Justin Cabrillos, Isaac Silber
Resurrection #3: death divination Sunday, May 24, 12-8pm Participants: Anh Vo, Jessica Pavone, Marija Kovačević
Resurrection #4: it was a hand, maternal yet formless Sunday, May 31, 7-8pm Participants: Anh Vo, Sto Len, Isaac Silber
Resurrection #5: a listening session Sunday, June 7, 1-2pm Participants: Anh Vo, Isaac Silber
Resurrection #6: another death divination Sunday, June 14, 12-8pm Participants: Anh Vo, Jessica Pavone, Marija Kovačević, gabby fluke-mogul
Resurrection #7: sex on sundays Sunday, June 21, 7-8pm Participants: Anh Vo, Kristel Baldoz, Justin Cabrillos, Jessica Pavone, Marija Kovačević, gabby fluke-mogul
Public Talks:
André Lepecki, Ann Pellegrini, and Anh Vo, moderated by Alhena Katsof Tuesday, May 12, 7-8:30pm
Barley Norton and Anh Vo Thursday, May 21, On Zoom, 5-6:30pm
Summer Kim Lee, Anh Vo, and Alhena Katsof Wednesday, June 17, 6-7:30
