Holding Space Presents The Main Trilogy at Blooms Opening Reception

Holding Space presents The Main Trilogy as part of the BLOOM(S) Opening Reception
at Camp Kingston

Join us for an evening of art and film on Saturday, May 16, 6:30–10:30pm, building toward a featured screening of The Main Trilogy.

Presented within BLOOM(S) — Holding Space’s second community exhibition, on view April 30–July 10 — the night begins with an opening reception featuring more than 20 local emerging artists. The gallery fills the studio with as many literal and metaphorical blooms as possible: individual works gathered into a shared environment.

At 8pm, the program shifts to film with Honky Tonk Wednesdays by Alex Markman, a documentary love letter to a $10 country-western night at a Kingston VFW, where community forms through music and ritual.

The evening builds to The Main Trilogy by Abigail Bruley — a surreal dark-comedy triptych told from the fractured point of view of life after brain injury. Featuring performances by punk icons Ted Leo and Marisa Dabice (Mannequin Pussy), with music by the Sun Ra Arkestra, the films trace a solitary unfolding: one consciousness navigating identity, rupture, and a delayed understanding of reality.

From a room full of artists to a portrait of community to a singular interior world, the night considers blooming in all its forms — the bouquet, the collective, and the strange, singular act of doing it on your own.

Event Details:
BLOOM(S) Opening Reception featuring film screenings by Alex Markman & Abigail Bruley
Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 6:30–10:30pm (films 8–9pm)
Camp Kingston