Elementary is a long-term, multi-format project that stems from a lived performance wherein Choksi attends for an entire academic year (2018-2019) a Los Angeles public elementary school as a kindergarten student.

As part of this, How was school today? was a show and tell performance as part of a residency and solo exhibition, Elementary (how was school today?), at 18th Street Arts Center (2018). The first three months of school attendance coincided with this exhibition, towards the end of which were the live show and tells.




VIDEO WALKTHROUGH OF EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCE | 4 minutes


The live performances were reviewed by four writers in Riting.

Carmen Argote in Riting, 2019
Dan Bustillo in Riting, 2019
Patricia Sazani in Riting, 2019
Amanda Martin Katz in Riting, 2019

EXHIBITION BROCHURE

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Related projects are the Elementary (Sympathy) exhibition at Actual Size (2018); Hierarchy Study (Elementary), a performance and installation at school and at the Box Gallery(2022); a series of postcards Back to Kindergarten (2022-2023), and a forthcoming chapbook (2027).