Ahead of his inauguration as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani staged a 12-hour appearance at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Queens on Sunday, December 14, to hear directly from his constituents in one-on-one conversations. Taking a leaf from Marina Abramović's “The Artist is Present” (2010) performance at the Museum of Modern Art, Mamdani announced his meet-and-greet marathon, “The Mayor is Listening,” through an Instagram video directing people to reserve three-minute slots with him through a link. Read the story by rhea.nayyar at our link in bio. . . . A portrait of Zohran Mamdani at “The Mayor is Listening” on Sunday, December 14 (photo by Erica MacLean, courtesy Museum of the Moving Image) #ZohranMamdani #MoMI #NewYorkCity #Abramovic