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Performative installations, The Guggenheim Museum, March 21, 2024. Medium: kitchen trashbags, fans, cellophane tape,

pico: [Spanish] beak, pinnacle; the scientific prefix for a small quantity








Oracle, 2024

In Oracle (above), the Picos are arranged as a triad, invoking the priestesses whom ordinary people regularly consult for important questions about life. Visitors were invited to consult the oracles one or two visitors at a time.  Shoe removal was optional.

Created by Marisa Morán Jahn in partnership with the Guggenheim Academic Engagement Program, curatorial collaborator Amy Rosenblum Martín, and students from Parsons School of Design: Madison Jaet, Renee Neme, Riley Stark, Isabella Tedesco, James Terrazas, Ivor Zeng. Special Thanks: Em Flaire. Photos: (Lighter ones by Filip Wolak (c) Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Darker photos by Marc Parroquin, 2024).




Duet, 2023-4


Facing each other, the fans appear to engage in an erotic duet, affectionate nuzzle, or awkward entanglement.


Panel, 2024


Arranged in a row blowing air towards the seated audience, the fans mock the conventions and spectacle of a panel discussion or artist’s talk.