LENÂPA: UNREACHABLE CITY

A work of poetry and photography.

Figura bajo haces de luz proyectando una sombra alargada sobre el piso.
Photography by Antonio Armenta

Lenâpa unfolds through poetry and photography, tracing a city shaped as much by absence as by presence. The work moves between image and language, allowing the unseen to emerge through attention and silence.

Fragments of the work

“Lenâpa,are we a path,never an end?”

Figura junto a una escalera diagonal en entorno urbano oscuro.

“Whose hungerdo we feed,Lenâpa?”

Pasaje urbano con señalética de peluquería y escalera lateral.

“Is this whathere is to you,Lenâpa?”

Dos figuras avanzan por una calle en sombra junto a Herald Square.

Artist Book

Edition of Six Unique Copies

The work exists as both exhibition and object: an artist book in a limited edition of six.

Each set comprises 26 letterpress poems and 25 giclée photographs, individually presented and housed in a black buckram clamshell portfolio.

  • New York, 2026
  • Letterpress and giclée
  • Edition of six

Artist Collaboration

ERES ×Antonio Armenta

In Lenâpa, poetry and photography converge through a shared attention to the city as both presence and distance. The poetic voice moves inward, while the photographic gaze remains anchored in the exterior. The work unfolds in parallel, allowing tension and divergence to shape its form-between image and language, between what is seen and what is felt.

Current / Upcoming

Exhibition & Limited Edition Work

Venue
Tyler Loftis Studio, 102 Franklin Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10013
Date
From May 5 to May 10, 2026. after the opening.
Represented by
Second Ave Arts

Opening gathering with bilingual reading and public conversation with the collaborators. Full registration details are managed via Luma.

Two collaborators installing Lenâpa works on a gallery wall.

Institutions

Lenâpa is conceived as an exhibition work bringing together poetry and photography through text, image, and spatial sequence. The project is available for exhibition, presentation, and institutional dialogue.

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