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🐵 hello hello

gmtc shop is finally open!

you can shop online (https://gmtc-nyc.com/shop-main) or offline at gmtc and @newmuseum store.

all proceeds go toward supporting gmtc’s ongoing and future programs.

🐒 monkey-tail bag by @sako.sac
🥢 chopstick set by @alya_work_s @binvin.hrs
📖 jenny wu’s ‘gmtc sessions’ book by @safflower_lady @binvin.hrs and 🔖 blanket by @ohnobeaa

thank you all 🐵 taken in Canal street, Chinatown, New York by @gmtc.nyc

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8 days ago

I made a piece as part of @gmtc.nyc’s programming at 𝐹𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒩𝑒𝓉, 2026: 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, at @sheerlytouchyawarehouse, on view from Oct 24 to Feb 2027, 74-12 88th St, Queens, NY.

The set arranges a resting place in the warehouse, considering the body in its daily practice: In a world where we are worked to our exhaustion, sleep is the day’s ultimate fall. Labor, consciousness, and subjective experience are put on hold. It is a time when the body is only loyal to itself, a necessary reclaiming of its own, an inescapable return to itself.

Red lighting emits lure, privacy, and dread. When the flirtation fades, the color red is simply the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum, and the least stimulating to the circadian receptors in human eyes.

It is, in other words, a light to rest under. So come take a nap at the warehouse, and I’ll see you at the opening🏮🛌 taken in Glendale, Queens by @gmtc.nyc

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2 days ago

Mandarin Express presents Site of Extraction, a performance by artist Fei Liu @binaricorn , hosted by gmtc - golden monkey trading company 金猿商社 @gmtc.nyc , as part of our public program series.

Site of Extraction is a research and performance art project which documents the artist’s participation in extractive systems and marginalized labor in order to collect capital for her mutual aid art practice. This presentation results from first-hand experience of the phenomena of the United States blood plasma donation industry, and makes a parallel between performance and the act of perforation, and interrogates how these systems are reframed when nonparticipation is a privilege.

🗓 Saturday, October 31, 5 – 7 PM
📍 gmtc - golden monkey trading company 金猿商社, 210 Canal St, RM310, New York, NY, 10013
🎟 Tickets via link in bio.

About the artist

Fei Liu 刘斐 is a New York-based Chinese artist, designer, and educator whose work moves between socially engaged art practices, mutual aid, performance, and the politics of embodied labor. Her projects place her own body inside of, or adjacent to, extractive systems to investigate who bears physical risk and who profits from it. Earlier work investigated how technological systems attempt to replicate and automate care, and what passes as companionship. She is a product designer at The Intercept and an adjunct professor at Parsons MFA Design & Technology. Previous residencies and grants include Brooklyn Arts Council, ONASSIS USA, Pioneer Works, New Museum, NEW INC, and Akademie Schloss Solitude. by @gmtc.nyc

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5 days ago

Join us for a three-day activation of iLAND’s archive at gmtc 金鑛商社 in Chinatown, led by iki nakagawa and sTo Len through editing, movement, sound, observation, and collective research.

October 14–16 | 1–6 PM  📍 gmtc 金鑛商社 @gmtc.nyc   210 Canal Street, Room 310, New York, NY

iki nakagawa (@iki_nakagawa) will host one-on-one “edit sessions,” inviting participants to move through iLAND’s digital archive, make selections, and shape them into new works through conversation, movement, voice, drawing, and editing. The resulting works will be screened at CAVE on October 17. To become an editor, email editwith@ikinakagawa.com.

sTo Len (@stoishere) will create a live collaborative score inspired by the iLANDing Field Guide, using sound, observation, walking, documentation, and archival practice to move between the gallery and the streets of Chinatown.

Videos from Osprey Migration (2002) and Choreographies of Disaster (2020–22) will also be on view:  Oct 14 & 15: 1–2 PM + 5–6 PM  Oct 16: 1–2 PM

Note: On October 16, the activation continues until 7 PM. The door will be locked after 6 PM, so please let us know if you plan to arrive later. by @gmtc.nyc

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8 days ago

From time to time I do a live performance and without exception am reminded that’s when I feel most alive in my practice. Sewing, in the past, was a tremendously important income stream, it was labor that I could do from home when my son was young and childcare unaffordable. It’s now an important part of my sculptural practice. So the mechanics and movement are familiar and have an imprinted body memory. Thank you to Maria @desnivelgallery for inviting me and @gmtc.nyc for hosting a day long marathon of performances!

Documentation by @av0cuddl3 🙏 by @gmtc.nyc

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16 hours ago

a moment from the yellow room of @gmtc.nyc at the beautiful poetry event by @desnivelgallery
video by @spiral.repair
💛 by @gmtc.nyc

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6 days ago

Thank you to everyone who joined us for POEMS CAN BE ACTIONS. And to all the artists and poets who shared their work, gestures, voices, and ways of being with us, thank you for making this day magic.

A very special thank you to gmtc – golden monkey trading company 金猿商社 for opening their doors to all of us with such trust and generosity. For creating a space where work could be realized without the pressure to produce anything beyond the action itself.

Independent spaces like these matter. Places that understand the value of gathering, and of allowing art to exist beyond expectation, outcome, or the need to produce something tangible✨💛

@aliciamersy
@____xol____
@luciareissig
@barongeraldine
@andreafrancob
@alina_tenser
@a3igo1o
@carmellesafdie
@onemorecig_
@spiral.repair
@lucia4peace
@que_vz
@darling_green_studio
@sonokuwayama
@bobholman
@gwennthomas_
@vrn.lila
#GloriaMaximo
#SpencerEverett
#EvaRobarts by @gmtc.nyc

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7 days ago

POEMS CAN BE ACTIONS
Sunday, October 11 · 10AM–8PM

How can poetry be encountered?
What if a poem is not only something we read, but something that happens between us?

For one day at gmtc - golden monkey trading company 金猿商社, poets and artists will explore poetry beyond the page through gesture, movement, voice, sound, instruction, and exchange.

There is no fixed stage and no single way through the work. Visitors are invited to watch, participate, or simply wander. Some works may announce themselves as poems. Others won’t.

POEMS CAN BE ACTIONS asks how poetry might enter our lives and what becomes possible when we encounter it differently.

Curated by DESNIVEL · Hosted by gmtc - golden monkey trading company 金猿商社

gmtc - 金猿商社
210 Canal St, RM 310
New York, NY, 10013

@barongeraldine
@____xol____
@alina_tenser
@spiral.repair
@vrn.lila
@lucia4peace
@luciareissig
@onemorecig_
@thank_you_for_shopping
@a3igo1o
@andreafrancob
@gwennthomas_
@carmellesafdie
@que_vz
@aliciamersy
@sonokuwayama
@bobholman
#EvaRobarts
#GloriaMaximo
#SpencerEverett by @gmtc.nyc

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a month ago

A HAPPENING - THIS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2PM, COLUMBUS PARK, CHINATOWN

MINJA GU @gugookukoo PRESENTS A SMALL FOOD EXPERIMENT DEVELOPED THROUGH HER ONGOING RESEARCH FOR MIDDLE GROUND: (IM)POSSIBLE KITCHEN: USING PINE NEEDLE AND DATE POWDERS MIXED WITH ORANGE BLOSSOM AND ROSE WATERS, SNACKS AND DRINKS WILL BE PREPARED AND SHARE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT-TRANSLATING PART OF THE PROJECT’S RESEARCH INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE MADE, SHARED, AND EATEN.

PRESENTED BY GOLDEN MONKEY TRADING COMPANY @gmtc.nyc, AND SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL KOREA @arkokorea.

SEPTEMBER 2025, 33 POUNDS OF CLOTHING PASSED THROUGH @ssuurrii__ SHUYU PENG’S SOFT GROUND AND INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO NEEDED THEM. THE WEIGHT REMAINS AS A GESTUR, CARRIED FORWARD INTO A SOFTENED GROUND. SEPTEMBER 2026, THE PROJECT REASSEMBLES IN COLUMBUS PARK, CHINATOWN.

#peoplespavilion taken in Columbus Park (Manhattan) by @gmtc.nyc

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a month ago

𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏
`•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.• with 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

september 27, sunday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
rsvp link in bio
(seats are limited. please rsvp!!!)

as part of 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏, the artist 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐠𝐮 invites a special guest to the project to explore overlapping food rules and taboos, and imagine what can be cooked within them. guided through these conditions by the artist, the invited participant looks for a dish that fits—whether by adapting a recipe, finding one that already works, or developing something new. the process unfolds through cooking, conversation, and sharing food.

this time, 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 @sittishouse joins 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 at gmtc! 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 shares palestinian food and culture through traditional recipes, cooking practices, family memories, storytelling, and communal meals. starting with a dish brought by 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, we will explore what remains and what changes when a familiar recipe encounters an unfamiliar set of rules.

this program is supported by arts council korea @arkokorea.

graphic @binvin.hrs taken in Canal street, Chinatown, New York by @gmtc.nyc

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a month ago

𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏
`•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.•at 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧

september 26, saturday, 1:00 - 6:00 pm
find us at columbus park!

at 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 @peoplespavilion—an annual gathering at the columbus park in chinatown hosted by ho king man, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐠𝐮 presents a small food experiment developed through her ongoing research for 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏.

using pine needle and date powders mixed with orange blossom and rose waters, snacks and drinks will be prepared and shared throughout the event—translating part of the project’s research into something that can actually be made, shared, and eaten.

this program is supported by arts council korea @arkokorea.

graphic @binvin.hrs taken in Columbus Park (Manhattan) by @gmtc.nyc

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a month ago

𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏
`•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.•invitation to join 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚’s table

september 24, thursday, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
rsvp link in bio
(seats are limited, so please rsvp!!!)

drawing from her ongoing research 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: (𝒊𝒎)𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐠𝐮 brings a meal for everyone to the table in this lecture performance.

thinking together about food rules and taboos across different religions, cultures, times, and communities, participants explore how people have defined what can be eaten and what cannot.

𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 weaves her research with shared personal stories, serving dishes prepared with ingredients and methods to navigate these diverse dietary boundaries. each course is served in custom ceramic vessels sculpted by the artist that resemble human body parts and organs, carefully paired with specific foods.

the goal is to create “food that anyone can eat”—but is food for everyone truly possible? come to the table, eat together, and join the conversation to explore what remains, what disappears, and what kind of 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 emerges when different people share a meal.

this program is supported by arts council korea @arkokorea.

photos/images by the artist
graphic by @binvin.hrs taken in Canal street, Chinatown, New York by @gmtc.nyc

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