John Ashbery was recognized as one of the greatest 20th-century American poets. He won nearly every major American award for poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Yale Younger Poets Prize, the Bollingen Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Griffin International Award, and a MacArthur “Genius” Grant.

Monika Bravo is a Colombian-born, Brooklyn-based artist who has created site-specific, public installations in the United States and internationally. Bravo works with animation, sound, photography, and digital technology to explore time, space, and memory.