© Na Mira, TETRAPHOBIA (2022). Exhibition view at Company Gallery, New York, 2022. Courtesy of Paul Soto (New York, Los Angeles).
MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain — In Praise of the Missing Image
Guest curator: Marie-Ann Yemsi
Na Mira
Dust
From September 5 to October 25, 2025
Opening on September 5 at 5 pm
Na Mira explores absence and incompleteness through Dust, a series that she has been developing since 2022. She imagines the missing scenes of White Dust from Mongolia (1980), an unfinished film by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, by creating experimental 16 mm films. In addition to projections, motion-sensitive radios act as a temporal medium within the installation, and mirrors, inspired by shamanistic practices, open passages between the material and spiritual worlds. By fragmenting narrative and perception, Mira creates an immersive experience that tests the limits of space and the body.
Exhibition presented by MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and produced in partnership with Dazibao.
Na Mira works at the edges of perception. Recent projects have been presented at Art Sonje Center, Seoul; Kunsthalle Zürich; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Whitney Biennial, the Performa Biennial, the Gwangju Biennale, and the Venice Biennale. Mira’s works are in the public collections of the Walker Art Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is an assistant professor of art at the University of California, Irvine. Wendy’s Subway published the first collection of Mira’s writing, The Book of Na, in 2022.
Dazibao thanks the artist and Momenta for their generous collaboration as well as its advisory committee for their support.
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
Dazibao acknowledges that it is located on the unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá: ka Nation and that Tiohtiá:ke / Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, is home to a diverse population of Indigenous as well as other peoples. Guided by ethics of respect, listening, and awareness, Dazibao commits to a continued reflection regarding the deep-rooted and systemic challenges tied to accessibility and inclusivity in the arts and beyond, and endeavors to apply such reflections to all aspects of its activities and governance.