it’s already been a little over a month since C̴l̴o̴s̴e̴ ̴t̴o̴ ̴t̴h̴e̴ ̴C̴l̴o̴u̴d̴s̴ opened @bemiscenter , on view until may 3. a bittersweet experience bringing my chapter in omaha to an end with the opening of an exhibition.
Close to the Clouds considers how the formation of collective identities takes place utilizing technology and the internet. the exhibition features new and reconfigured works by: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Zainab Aliyu, Rindon Johnson, Lauren Lee McCarthy and Kyle McDonald, Rebeca Romero, and Tianyi Sun and Fiel Guhit—some who i’ve worked with previously, and others i’d been hoping to work with for many years 💭
expanding the ideas found in the exhibition are also written contributions by @eileenonline_@frederikesperling and @jac_in_da_club , which can be accessed via link in bio.
if you’re in town on march 19, join me for a lecture by Jacinda Tran related to her own ongoing research and overlapping interest in the themes of the exhibition.
so grateful for the support from bemis staff, fellow residents who i serendipitously overlapped with during my 18 months, and new friends i’ve gained in omaha 🌾
📸 1-7, 9-11: Colin Conces
the cat has gently been let out of the bag, i’m moving to st louis this weekend to start my new role as the exhibitions manager for @counterpublic . my midwest era continues :’)
in the meantime, summer wrapped up while bopping around to see friends and being part of the 20th anniversary cohort of @themountainschoolofarts
it’s all been so dreamy, somehow.
🌒 proof of life
🗒️ juliana halpert & chris kraus @ bel ami
🐕🦺 the best art handler
☀️ christopher prinz @ artbank
🏕️ camping in loess hills, ia
🌄 fabian treiber @ anat ebgi la
⛰️ andrea zittel
🏛️ the getty
🚽 the three genders lol @ noah purifoy’s
🚁 think harder, happy anni msa^
🌅 pioneertown sunset
Temporary Constellations, an exhibition review of Entanglements @mamaprojects.co is now live on @topicalcream . 🔗 in bio 🌌
I normally don’t seek out opportunities to write exhibition reviews because the time constraints are at odds with how slowly I process art (and life.) It’s been nice to realize that I still have a lot of firsts to experience—thanks @elizabeth.wiet and @lumit for pushing and editing my words.
1. Installation view, Entanglements, MAMA Projects
2. an introduction
3. Leandra Espirito Santo, 360, 2021
4. Cindy Hill, Bridle Fantasy, 2023
5. Zorica Čolić, I Feel… Scent No.1 DESIRE, 2025
🔗💭 getting back into the writing/interview groove, i am so grateful to Caroline Garcia @_garciagram for spending time with me speaking about how her practice has evolved in the past few years for @art21 . read more about her current research and preparation for her upcoming solo show at @airgallery , link in bio, photos by Timothy O’Connell
long distance, scaffolding, translucency, displacement 😶🌫️💭
mona hatoum @ tate modern
morehshin allahyari @ v&a
theresa baumgartner @ julia stoschek foundation
laura kazaroff @ ica ldn
timur si-qin @ albion jeune
jasleen kaur @ tate britain
edgar calel @ tate modern
a walk along regents canal
a quick spin
old friends in new surroundings
memorials
repeats
resting land
on the cusp of many things
🤳🏼 erin wright @ the armory show
🌼🗞️ ?
🧱 diamond stingily @ 52 walker
🌫️ carly mandel @ parent company
💧 amina ross @ moma ps1
🐈 neighborhood chisme
⚙️ details, brian oakes @ blade study
💌 spam poesy
🎀 dolls invasion/made it to the ocean 📸 hunter abrams
🌥️ cloud spotting
⏳🏔️🌻
1-3. some work by artists in residence at bemis, a practice in attachment—the first cohort came and went 🥲💗 (amina ross, joe harjo, opia)
4. ♾️
5. 🦝
6. pit stop at lake mcconaughy
7-8. adventures in co, forever snacking with @ee_teetee_ay
now sneaking back into ny for the end of summer 🤫
still can’t believe “and so on” opened almost a month ago @dasweissehaus . the exhibition is on until early feb 2023 so plz send all your vienna friends ✨
the last couple of years have been difficult and unpredictable in many different ways. even though i’m going into 2023 with no set plans, i’m still so grateful that this year i got to leave ny to reset, refocus, and meet/spend time with so many incredible people.
smell u later 2022!
📸 1, 4, 7: Joanna Pianka
📸 2-3, 5-6: @klaraschnieber
libra season/ neutral earth tones/ late summer to fall proof of life 🍁
sun & sea @ bam
willa wasserman @ spring break
animal from the internet pt. 1
animal from the internet pt. 2
published in conjunction with this morning’s eclipse and full moon, for my second and final Video Viewing Room for The Kitchen, Na Mira and i researched and reflected on our encounters with Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s life and practice.
i wrote an introduction to Na’s process of posthumously recreating the final scene of Cha’s last work-in-progress, White Dust from Mongolia (1980–). a portion of Na’s experimental video, Tesseract (test), will be available online (link in bio) until july 25.
there were so many coincidences felt and connections made during the months that Na and i worked on this together. Na told me this morning “what’s been coming up for the last month are clues for what wants to transform now… see you on the other side!”
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image courtesy of Park View / Paul Soto and Na Mira
