ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION AT PAC NYC

Name: ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION AT PAC NYC
Start: 2026-01-04T16:15:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-04T19:15:00+00:00
Location: Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)

: Dec. 12, 4:45 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 13, 4:15 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 14, 1:15 – 5:15 pm. Dec. 17, 3:15 – 9:15 pm. Dec. 18, 4:45 – 9:15 pm. Dec. 19, 4:45 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 20, 4:15 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 21, 1:15 – 5:15 pm. Dec. 26, 4:45 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 27, 4:15 – 7:15 pm. Dec. 28, 3:15 – 9:15 pm. Jan. 2, 4:45 – 7:15 pm. Jan. 3 & 4, 4:15 – 7:15 pm. except Dec. 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, and 31

: Pay as you wish

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World-renowned artist Es Devlin’s acclaimed choral installation CONGREGATION returns to Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) for a limited time.

Following a critically acclaimed engagement during the ICONS OF CULTURE2025 festival, PAC NYC is thrilled to offer audiences an extended opportunity to experience Devlin’s work with Pay-What-You-Wish reservations starting from $0 during select times from December 9, 2025, through January 4, 2026.

CONGREGATION features large-scale chalk and charcoal portraits of 50 Londoners who have experienced forced displacement from their homelands. Presented as a projection-mapped tiered sculpture, the work offers a luminous encounter with those who bring their gifts to a new country.

The work was co-authored by the 50 portrait sitters – reflecting on their lives in London, as well as their journeys from more than 25 countries, including Syria, Sudan, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. The accompanying soundscape is composed by Polyphonia, with film sequences created in collaboration with filmmaker Ruth Hogben and choreographer Botis Seva.

CONGREGATION is curated by Ekow Eshun and created in partnership with UK for UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, Kings College London and The Courtauld and Bloomberg Connects. To learn more, visit unrefugees.org.uk/congregation and Bloomberg Connects.