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08/03/2026

Artist Leonel Vásquez and curator Juliana Steiner have built their long-term collaboration around a shared interest in rethinking our relationship with waters. Beyond Vásquez‘s exhibition 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎) at 601Artspace, their collaborative work has taken many forms. Among them is the School of Water, an interdisciplinary group which convened at the Estación de Escucha de Alta Montaña Estación de Escucha de Alta Montaña, or High Mountain Listening Station, a cultural biocenter Vasquez co-founded in 2013. Learn more in this video.

Leonel Vásquez first U.S. solo, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎), is on view at 601Artspace through August 16. Our gallery at 88 Eldridge St is open from Thursday to Sunday, 1 to 6pm.

07/23/2026

At the front of the gallery is “Canto Rodado Polifónico”, a sculpture composed of nine rotating stones that spin on their own axes. The series title “Cantos Rodados” is a play on the Spanish term for smooth river stones shaped by water currents, evoking the idea of stones singing, with “canto” meaning both “song” and “stone” in this specific context. Leonel Vásquez makes the instrument “sing” by setting the stone in motion and amplifying its sound through analog mechanical amplification systems. This spinning, scraping gesture recalls the movement of water as it erodes and transforms a stone, eventually shaping the earth.

—Juliana Steiner

“Canto Rodado, Polifónico” is currently on view at 601Artspace in Leonel Vásquez’s solo exhibition, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎). Gallery hours: Thursday to Sunday, 1-6pm.

07/14/2026

Throw back to artist Leonel Vásquez’s live performance at the opening of his exhibition, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎). In this performance, Vásquez activated “Canto Rodado, Little Cataclysms,” an amphibious mechanical instrument designed to reproduce and amplify the sound of river stones. Through resonance, friction, and vibration, “Canto Rodado” transforms the collected stones into sonic bodies, carrying the memory and movement of the river into the gallery space.

“Canto Rodado, Little Cataclysms” is on view at 601Artspace as part of 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎). Visit our gallery from Thursday to Sunday, 1-6pm. The exhibition is on view through August 16.

07/10/2026

On view at 601Artspace: Leonel Vásquez, “Canto Rodado, Little Cataclysms,” 2021-ongoing. Sound sculpture with analog amplification system. Electroacoustic amphibious instrument made of wood, copper, and steel. Stones from the Saw Kill tributary, 10.2 × 5.5 × 5.5 inches.

Leonel Vásquez considers river stones “our grandmothers”—mothers of Mother Nature, objects that embody the deep, geological time of water that shaped them. In his sound sculpture “Canto Rodado, Little Cataclysms,” Vásquez activates stones collected from the Saw Kill tributary of the Hudson River, letting them “speak” to us. Listen to the grandmothers of the Hudson sing in this video.

Experience Vásquez’s work in person at 601Artspace—the artist’s first solo exhibition in the U.S., 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎), is on view at 88 Eldridge St through August 16. Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6pm.

07/07/2026

Colombian artist Leonel Vásquez creates what he calls “amphibian instruments”—instruments that are not played by humans but by various forms of natural life: water, wind, plants, animals, humidity, and the microbial life within the water. Vásquez sees himself less as a singular artist or musician, and more as a conductor bringing into harmony the various natural forces that animate these instruments.

In this video, curator Juliana Steiner walks us through Leonel Vásquez’s site-specific installation, “Caudales,” and how water collected from the Mahicantuck (Hudson) River creates sound.

Leonel Vásquez nanabanana

06/20/2026

🔊SOUND ON 🔊

In Leonel Vásquez’s sound installation “Caudales,” two aluminum bowls rotate at a speed that matches the velocity of the Hudson River’s current, which fluctuates between 1.3 and 1.8 meters per second. The moving water subsequently produces sound as it touches the strings of Vásquez’s custom-made instruments, which are modeled after the sitar, a plucked stringed instrument commonly used in Hindustani classical music.

Experience Vásquez’s work in person at 88 Eldridge St — 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒍 (𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎) is on view through August 16. Our gallery is open from Thursday to Sunday, 1-6 pm.

Video by Flaneurshan.studio

10/18/2025

To immerse audiences in the visceral reality of the Verde Passage oil spill, Goldie Poblador worked with perfumer M Dougherty to create three evocative scents that accompany her glass sculptures from “The Rise of Medusa” series—Oil Spill, Dead Coral, and Verde. Echoing the tragedy and resilience of the ecosystem of the Verde Islands, these olfactory compositions aim to deepen the viewer’s understanding of the unseen forces at play beneath the waves.

Poblador’s sculptures, “Porites Oil Slick Coral” and “Porites Bleached Coral,” are on view at 601Artspace as part of 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. Visit the exhibition at 88 Eldridge through November 9. Gallery hours: Thursday to Sunday, 1 to 6pm.

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