LIZANIA CRUZ

Lizania Cruz is a Dominican participatory artist and designer who confronts systemic issues embedded in the public sphere by investigating notions of belonging and otherness. These inquiries have led her to study the formations of language, mythmaking, and documented histories. Through research, oral history, and audience engagement, she develops projects that expand and share pluralistic narratives on migration and place.

Socrates Sculpture Park is a community-engaged New York City waterfront park in Long Island City, Queens, dedicated to supporting artists in the production and presentation of public art. Socrates was an abandoned riverside landfill and illegal dump site for decades leading up to 1986, when a coalition of artists and community members, under the leadership of artist Mark di Suvero, transformed it into an open studio and exhibition space for artists.

This project is a collaboration between MoMA and Socrates Sculpture Park as part of Lizania Cruz’s Adobe Creative Residency at MoMA.