serving a platter,
dropping a ball

120 film
NYC, NY
2026

serving a platter, dropping a ball is an invitation into a salon style artist-on-artist conversation that takes place over a traditionally served tray of coffee, tea, dessert, nuts, fruit, etc.

I am often inspired by the rigidity of my upbringing, where the concept of servitude was instilled with a deep diligence and focus on what was considered my ultimate purpose: wifedom and motherhood. Curious to reshape and reimagine the weight of serving into something intentional, I set out to create a space that is safe, generative, and grounded in gathering and growth, rather than in the same, stagnant ways we often become stuck inhabiting.

While I still intend for myself these ‘expected roles’, I am adamant it is not as a trade-off for the pursuits repeatedly deemed “not for me”. I was inspired to step into the minds of other artists that may have gone through parallel experiences; diverging between their artistry and the weight of their own expected roles. especially in the case of women, minorities and/or members of marginalized communities.

While we are often left with years of engaging in the deep, transformative work of undoing the expectations of not just personal communities, but the broader sociopolitical pressures of our world, I invite these artists into an unplugged conversation, figuratively as well as literally. The only part of these conversations documented is of the leftovers on the served platter, each one a trace of the space created.

Dan Hureira