💥SAVE THE DATES I will be performing at two galleries next week: *Tuesday, September 26th 6-8:30 pm An Evening of Dada at the inauguration of Salon Stux West 520 West End Avenue curated by Andrea Schnabel & Heide Hatry and *Wednesday September 27th Trans-Ville at Catinca Tabacaru 250 Broome Street LES from 7-9 curated by Coco Dolle of Milk and Night (I will be debuting a piece called Transaction). . For further information please visit #Exhibition and Performances at the link in bio. RSVP if you would like to come. Watch Your Step Jennifer Elster 2017 #performanceart #nycart #art #nyc #dada #contemporaryart #conceptualart #nyc

"Always me." --Jennifer Elster September 15, 2017 Photograph of me when I was around eleven taken by my cousin Margie Sigliano Ferreira #fbf #JenniferElster #artist #writer #childhood #soul #memories #American #funny #knowing

"Be true to yourself. It will still be a mystery." --Jennifer Elster September 13, 2017 Photograph by @lewhelfer 💥 #JenniferElster #words #quote #unknown #poetry #artist #instaart #artstagram #philosophy of life ya'll

"On 9/11 we lived across the street from the #WTC. From our terrace, on the top floor, the 34th floor, we had an unobstructed view of the Towers that gave you the feeling you could reach out and touch them. I watched the burning hole in the building from the first plane --just me and that hole in the sky it seemed. I watched as the second plane came toward us and then went into the Tower. And then I watched the Towers fall onto us. This close proximity to the impact has changed my internal life in ways that I understand with much more clarity today. We were, of course, lucky to survive. And we were left with eyes that have witnessed total destruction and warfare up close. It's an education. The #memories have permeated my perspective of the #world, my #artwork and even my #purpose. I will #neverforget the kindness of the people in #NYC as we had been stripped of our home and were in an overwhelmed mental state. As of late we see that #kindness in American's pulling together and coming through for one another in #HurricaneHarvey --which temporarily restores an overall waning hope in #humanity. What a shame that our tenderness toward one another isn't an every day occurrence, rather something that appears in desperate circumstances. Why do we not feel for one another all the time? is always the question. (I know there are so many assholes 😊 but still.) Since 9/11, I watched the #FreedomTower erect over the decade plus it took to be built. And there it is, in all its reflective glory, piercing the sky. To me, the Freedom Tower represents a typical veneer of so many Americans --looks good but really a sad story. We need to get into the #psychology of this country because the #American value system is so bankrupt it convinces us #change is impossible. Here's a cliche: how many more devastations will it take to wake us up and bring us together? Our differences are our strength as a nation. Our divisiveness will be our downfall. I love you America!" --Jennifer Elster September 11, 2017 #photograph by #JenniferElster #words #quote #september11 #justiceforall #tiah #groundzero #hurricaneirma

Recharged. #Happy #LaborDay #2017 #naturelover

"IMPORTANT ? Will the White Nationalist/ Supremacist rally in Charlottesville be looked back upon, in #history, as the first outbreak of a civil war? As soon as I saw the images from the Unite the Right rally, I thought, civil war has begun. We can't miraculously change hateful mind sets (have you ever tried to change a person?) There are many more hateful people who will come out --and they feel both comforted and entitled to do so. Take a stand against this heinous thinking now. A full blown civil war will destroy America and give excuse/power to our government to further surveil and control us --to be authoritarian. We all must be active. We must stand together for justice now. Time to raise our voices in unison. There were many young people among the Unite the Right rally which is telling of current America." --#JenniferElster August 16, 2017 #Charlottesville #resist #powertothepeople #freedom #humanrights #justiceforall #democracynow #standup

"Let us weep. Let us be wry. In the ripest of times, danger pursues. Extend. I plea, extend to our brothers and sisters, which is all of us together, right now. We all need each other more than we know." --Jennifer Elster #JenniferElster #photograph #voice #sorrow #arianagrande #manchester #timessquare #richardcollins #nuclear #humanrights #unity #art #woman #poetry #politics #staywoke

Ripped it up at the New Museum the other night. Stand up in these corrupt times! Here an image from my performance of Cemetery: Is Death? with musicians Eimi Tanaka on #keyboard, Mikey Handelman on electric #guitar and Joel McGlynn on the #drum box. Bam. T'was a blast. Congratulations to Heide Hatry on her book #IconsinAsh #JenniferElster #newmuseum #wild #art #performanceart #nyc #newmusic #postpunk #fuckyou #avantgarde #pod #staywoke

Unknown at #NewMuseum the other night. #JenniferElster #videoart #unknown #nyc

"Fire Set" --Jennifer Elster May 13, 2017 #JenniferElster #setyouonfire #avantgarde #underground #nyc #wakeup wokeup #beauty #newmuseum #after #music #delightful