
to eat out their substance
Kamari Carter, Maia Chao & Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Julia Weist
MoCA Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
Saturday, October 3, 2026 - Sunday, January 24, 2027
Exhibition Catalog
Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Kamari Carter, Patriot Act, 2024. Oil-based enamel on megaphones, three-channel live audio broadcasts. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Microscope Gallery, New York. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.

Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Julia Weist, Pages from Case File (State Vs. Weist, No. 2024-15929), 2025. Pigment print, 11 × 8.5 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
From left to right: Julia Weist, Mirror (from the series Vehicle Sightings), 2024. Archival pigment print, 14.875 × 13.375 × 1.5 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.Julia Weist, Self Portrait (from the series Vehicle Sightings), 2023. Surveillance documentation of an artistic intervention; archival pigment print, 14.875 × 13.375 × 1.5 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Julia Weist, Tutu, 20234. Archival pigment print, 14.875 × 13.375 × 1.5 in. Courtesy the collection of Claire Foussard. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.

Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
From left to right: Julia Weist, Curators Agree (Department of Cultural Affairs), 2025. Pigment print, 24 × 32 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.Julia Weist, Curators Agree (Rachel Uffner Gallery), 2025. Pigment print, 24 × 32 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Julia Weist, PCE from the EventLinks Database, 2024. Archival pigment print, 18.625 × 31.75 × 1.5 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Julia Weis, Artwork (South Carolina) from the DRNsights Database, 2024. Archival pigment print, 11.25 × 19.875 × 1.5 in. Courtesy the artist and Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.

Installation view of to eat out their substance, part of Assembly 2026 at MoCA Arlington, 2026. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.
Maia Chao and Fred Schmidt-Arenale, Waste Scenes, 2024. Two-channel video, 40 min. 39 sec., and custom screen. Dimensions variable. Photo: Vivian Marie Doering.