During OHNY Weekend, BronxArtSpace (BAS) is showcasing "Beyond The Artifact: Do we call it architecture… or a system of contingencies?" within the framework of the New York Latinamerican Art Triennial. This exhibition explores architecture not as a fixed object, but as a living field of forces shaped by materials, processes, and ecosystems. It highlights how the built environment metabolizes resources, carries histories, and reshapes relationships over time. Rather than presenting static forms, the show invites us to trace architecture’s entanglements, its labor, material flows, and transformations, revealing it as a dynamic organism in constant negotiation with its surroundings.

Founded and opened to the public in 2010 as a space for art exhibits and performances, BAS is a community-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to supporting local and often under-resourced artists, fostering projects that engage vital social, educational, and political concerns. Through curating group exhibitions, offering a residency program for Bronx artists, and providing meeting space for artist-led workshops and community-based interest groups, BAS combines forces with similar non-profit organizations to enhance the cultural vitality of our immediate and extended Hunts Point neighborhood.

Located in the densest concentration of public housing in the US, BAS creates programs that represent and inspire its community. BAS works to ensure that Bronx-based artists comprise at least 45% percent of exhibiting artists, and that both women and artists of color are the majority of those presented through our programming.