Wreck Room

Rafay Rashid

September 5–30, 2025

Reception September 5, 7–9pm
with guest DJ arythmia; plus live set from D.U.M.E. to kick things off

Past Words / Future Words
with Prem Krishnamurthy
September 20, 4–6pm

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday–Friday,
10am–2pm;
Saturdays 4–6pm;
and by appointment

About Wreck Room

Wreck Room is a month-long exhibition at OPEN by artist, musician and mental health practitioner Rafay Rashid. Wreck Room functions as a third space—a place where people can engage with one another, explore the value(s) of community, and build relationships through game play. Foregrounding healing, play, and mutuality as essential components of aesthetic experience, Rashid invites the public to move beyond the role of audience and become vital, active participants in the ongoing life of the exhibition. Rashid has installed ping pong tables, chess stations, a leisure space, and audio installation to create an atmosphere akin to a recreation center, clubhouse, or church or mosque basement. In addition to public hours, Wreck Room will host weekly recovery meetings with guests speaking about addiction and secular meditation practices. Wreck Room is a set of situations that invite us to reimagine the therapeutic value of play—and the dual territory occupied by art and religion—in our daily lives.

About the Audio Installation

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“A drone made in collaboration with D.U.M.E, the signal degrades as it drops in relative pitch to the "healing frequency" of 432hz, believed in some New Age circles to bring humans into harmony with the earth's electromagnetic resonance. The drone plays a note already present in the ventilation system of the OPEN space, which becomes audible intermittently to create a physical connection with the work.” – Rafay Rashid 

About Rafay Rashid

Rafay Rashid (b. 1990, Pakistan) is a Providence-based artist working within the lineage of socially engaged and participatory art practices. His work blurs the boundaries between exhibition, performance, and collective care, often taking the form of gatherings, ambient installations, and improvised social spaces—a counterpoint to the commodification of self-care in contemporary life. Rashid has performed at the Whitney Biennial, Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, and Kaldor Public Art Projects in Sydney.

About OPEN

OPEN celebrates the searching for, discovering, and sharing of things. This is our first public project. Thanks to Dave Allyn for sound system support. Thanks to Steph Jackson, Lily Goodspeed, and Everett Abitbol for the opportunity. Our blue box was designed by Scout; built by Mean Dean.

For more information, press requests, or anything else, please contact Ben Sisto at ben.sisto@gmail.com.