Index of the Disappeared at Museum of the City of New York

City of Faith: Religion, Activism, and Urban Space looks under the surface of New York’s image as a secular city and maps the complex and often surprising relationships that connect religion to public space. The exhibition focuses our attention on how religion engages the city at a public level—in “secular” streets and sidewalks, waterfronts, and other liminal spaces. Focusing on South Asian American and other communities who have faced religious profiling and surveillance—particularly after 9/11—the exhibition critically examines the nature of secularism in the city, how it has historically favored Protestantism while rendering other communities hyper-visible, and how these latter communities assert their right to the city through transformative art and collective action. Curated by Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow Azra Dawood.

Includes an updated version of Secrets Told, an interactive piece by Chitra Ganesh and Mariam Ghani that uses official documents, secondary literature, and personal narratives to foreground the difficult histories of immigrant, "other," and dissenting communities in the US since 9/11, as well as the effects of US military and intelligence interventions globally.