Art in Odd Places 2026: UTOPIAS

SENSE | DREAM | BODY | CARE | CONNECT

September 26 & 27, 2026

Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2026: UTOPIAS, the 21st edition of Art in Odd Places, curated by Arantxa Araujo & Pancho López, scheduled for September 26 & 27, 12-5pm on 14th Street, NYC will inhabit the city not as it is, but as it could be – transforming 14th Street into a living laboratory for collective dreams, radical care, and shared futures, as this festival has been doing for over two decades. Individual artists and collective projects for this outdoor public visual and performance use installations, performance, actions, gestures, sound, and participatory practices to activate public space and spark imagination. UTOPIAS creates situations where audiences can listen, participate, and reflect – where complexity is felt, and dialogue emerges. The solo works and collaborative interventions propose speculative infrastructures for care, refusal, joy, and mutual recognition – inviting passersby into acts of listening, resting, mourning, celebration, or play.