In the early eighties, the Lower East Side was rife with rent increase and forceful evictions. As a response to the housing crisis that had taken hold of their neighborhood, Colab members broke into a vacant city-owned building to host an ideological exhibition that was named “The Real Estate Show”. After the event was quickly shut down by housing authorities, the collective was able to negotiate their way into establishing an art center at a tenement on Rivington Street—and thus, ABC No Rio was born. The designated art space frequently put on exhibitions and hosted events, one of which took place at the alternative performance venue The Kitchen in 1983. The five-night spectacle featured readings by Peter Fend and musical renditions by Alan Moore, and quickly sold out in anticipation of a week immersed in underground culture. Kiki Smith, who was both a Colab member and a figure instrumental in the founding of ABC No Rio, was responsible for producing the promotional posters for the event. With each silkscreen-printed poster displaying a unique spray-painted color palette, Kiki Smith’s 1983 poster edition serves as a record of her early artistic oeuvre and the beginnings of a collective that continues to contribute to artist activism today.