Kapwani Kiwanga: BLEEDKapwani Kiwanga: BLEEDThrough April 1, 2027
Thursday, April 1, 2027
10:00 AM
The Studio Museum in Harlem
429 W 127th St, New York, NY 10027
Scheduled
About This Event
Kapwani Kiwanga: BLEED is presented at The Studio Museum in Harlem, combining exhibition work with live presentation. Kiwanga draws on archival research and social history to track how power moves through colonial legacies, gendered systems, and the African diaspora, favoring precision over spectacle and letting materials and language carry the argument.
About BLEED
Bleed air in aerospace engineering is compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a gas turbine engine, upstream of its fuel-burning sections. Automatic air supply and cabin pressure controller (ASCPC) valves bleed air from low- or high-pressure engine compressor sections; as the pressure varies with engine operation, low-stage air is used during high-power operation, and high-stage air is used during descent and other low-power operations. Bleed air from that system can be utilized for internal cooling of the engine, cross-starting another engine, engine and airframe anti-icing, cabin pressurization, pneumatic actuators, air-driven motors, pressurizing the hydraulic reservoir, and waste and water storage tanks. Some engine maintenance manuals refer to such systems as "customer bleed air".
About the Artist
Kapwani Kiwanga
Kapwani Kiwanga is a Canadian and French artist based in Paris, working across exhibitions and live presentation. Her projects draw on archival research and social history, tracking how power moves through colonial legacies, gendered systems, and the African diaspora.