Translation and elation are the central themes of “Tell me there is a lesbian forever . . .,” an exhibition of the late feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer’s multidisciplinary works and archival materials, curated by Tiona Nekkia McClodden at Company in New York. Lining the gallery’s walls, stairwell, and glass vitrines are pages from Hammer’s notebooks, showing drawings, poems, photobooth strips, and hand-scribbled missives. Hanging on the walls of the ground floor gallery is a selection of Hammer’s black-and-white photographs, in which women are pictured in quasi-abstract scenes often punctuated by slants of light or architectural structures. The basement gallery screens a thrilling set of the artist’s short films. Like many of Hammer’s works, the exhibition is marked by exuberant layering—light from one film drenching another, sound spilling from one room to the next, and distinct periods of the artist’s career overlapping throughout—thanks to McClodden’s thoughtful arrangement.

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