The Enduring Power of Play

The Enduring Power of Play, Open Source Gallery’s inaugural performance art biennial, took place from June 13–15, 2025. The exhibition, curated by Kalia Brooks, invited artists Armando Cortes, Anindita Dutta, and Ed Woodham, whose practices engage the public in spaces and encounters centered around joy, pleasure, communion, and games. The concept of play was inspired by Open Source’s KoKo Lot, an outdoor learning space for the KoKo kids’ program, where they collaborate with teaching artists to build structures and objects for play using recycled materials.

Too Much With Us by Anindita Dutta, part of the Enduring Power of Play

Filmmaker: Harshal Alurkar (aka Harsh Pundit)