For a Future Now takes the form of three poncho-style garments and a participatory script.

Curreri makes the script for For a Future Now in the spirit of a cento – an Italian poetic structure translating to “patchwork.” The cast of characters are based on real and fictional people, as well as contemporary and historical figures, including Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, Italian-American anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and Katya Zamolodchikova of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame.

You are invited to join an informal participatory reading of the cento on Thursday, November 30 at 5pm, in the galleries.