DADA

On Permenant Exhibition at: 
DADA 60-47 Myrtle Avenue Ridgewood NY

An onsite exhibition exploring memory, time, and the fading echoes of social spaces.

In this collection of eight meticulously crafted tables, each surface bears the ghostly imprints of cigarette burns—silent echoes of conversations once had, of laughter and whispered confessions, of nights thick with smoke and the hum of jazz. These scars, deliberate yet organic, remind us of a bygone era when America was still social, when cafés and bars pulsed with life, and when jazz, with all its wild rhythms and intoxicating energy, was deemed both dangerous and divine.

Each burn is a trace of memory, a remnant of a time when gathering was effortless, when people lingered at tables deep into the night, forging connections in the glow of dim lights and the haze of cigarette smoke. This exhibit invites us to reflect on what has been lost—on the shift from communal intimacy to digital solitude, from spontaneous discourse to curated online presence.

Through these tables, we are confronted with the ephemeral nature of human connection, yet also with its resilience. They remind us that even in absence, traces remain—marks of a time when conversation was unfiltered, when art was rebellion, and when the world still smelled of burning tobacco and possibility.

Presented as an onsite installation, this exhibition invites you to step into the remnants of the past. On view exclusively onsite at DADA bar NYC, these eight tables invite you to witness the marks of a bygone era.