BLACKnet’s CHOPPED SLOPPED SCREWED 1/9 - 2/15 in Vox Populi’s Black box space was the collective’s inaugural show. More to come soon…
Exhibition description:
BLACKnet artist collective’s exhibition, Chopped Slopped Screwed, is an immersive multi-channel video installation that samples and combines the imagined worlds of its members; Zante Moore, Shori “Halie” Sims, and Logan Crompton. As post internet and meme concerned artists the collective often finds themselves ideating on the many forms a post internet society may take, and what space Black people occupy within it. In a world where Black images are commodified in an attention driven economy what does it mean for artists to reclaim and superimpose themselves in both digital and irl spaces?
Chopped Slopped Screwed hits you with retextured mii’s, ripped anime avatars, and meme amalgamations. Zante toys with their custom retextured Mii, Shori “Halie” Sims serves up ps2 lil’ Kim realness, and Logan offers up debaucherous avatars and audio from late nights on IMVU internet chatrooms. Avatars traverse space, walking in and out of frame prompting concerns of perspective: Who do we identify with? Where do we feel seen? The work aims to bring perspective and selfhood into question, tying representation in digital space to concerns of agency.
I hate to be annoying but got some more photos and videos of the show that’d I’d like to share with you all. Thank you to @voxpopuligallery@olliegoss_@h4l13420@zante2222 the opening reception was lit and if you missed it I’m sorry for ur case of fomo, there’s good news it’s not terminal and you can still catch the show through the end of February. I won’t harp to much more just know there will be more to come in the future from BLACKnet (our collective @h4l13420@zante2222 ) ❤️
I’m looking forward to the semester starting and to get back into the groove of teaching and shows like this are confirmation that everything is in alignment and I’m on the right track :) so much love 💕
🤓Friday
I’m really excited to be showing video work post grad and at vox’s black box :) BLACKNET (me @zante2222@h4l13420 ) started as a book club meeting over zoom and has now transformed into an art collective w our first ever show! I’m excited to have them both in real time and space here w me in Philadelphia for the opening this Friday. I hope to see you all there and to share in the joy of it all. The video is horny sad and ornery I can’t wait for yall to see lol
Special thanks to @olliegoss_ for making this possible as well :)
