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💥 OPENING APRIL 24TH💥 Degree Zero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art Organized by Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson WONZIMER GALLERY 341 South Avenue 17, LA, CA 90031 April 24, 2026 5:00 -10:00 pm 8:00 p.m. Projection performance by Marcos Serafim Closing Walk-through with Matt Stromberg (ARTFORUM), May 16th from 4:00 - 6:00pm Artists: Lynn Aldrich   Hilary Baker    Austin Caswell         Liz Cohen   Lawrence Gipe Beihua Guo   Mark Steven Greenfield   Kaya & Blank   Ben Jackel   Constance Mallinson   Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)  Marcos Serafim Keith Walsh

My work in "Phenomena" closes Jan 11... hope you have a chance to stop in 😊@williamturnergallery @bergamotsantamonica #gardisugdubisland

Thank you Gallery Platform LA for the thoughtful editorial regarding our current exhibition, DegreeZero: Utopia / Dystopia in Contemporary Art. Writers Chela Simón-Trench and Charley Goldstein provide a deep look into the history of Wonzimer, from its origins as a shared living room concept to its current role as a community space for experimentation. The piece offers a thorough examination of the curatorial vision provided by Constance Mallinson and Lawrence Gipe, specifically highlighting Mallinson’s accompanying essay and the complex, interdependent relationship between utopian ideals and contemporary decline. We are grateful for this insightful perspective on the thirteen artists involved and the continued evolution of our gallery mission. The full review is now available to read on Gallery Platform LA. Editorial by Chela Simón-Trench and Charley Goldstein @galleryplatform.la Curated by Constance Mallinson @constancemallinson Lawrence Gipe @lawrencegipe

"Degree Zero" continues at @wonzimer this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Check it!!! #losangelesart #losangeles #wonzimer #contemporaryart #lincolnheights

/syringe and /skink performed at the opening of Degree Zero: Utopia/Distopia @wonzimer 's 'wonzimer' in LA /syringe is on view until May 22 Both pieces are moving image experiments that trace the circulation of bodies, data, and viral imaginaries across the infrastructures of health surveillance and contemporary image systems, looking at queerness and HIV in the US/Mexico borderlands. This is part of the continuing /semipermebale. Experimental cinema has a haunting potential for intensity and impact, and I hope that this came across in this latest disruption as future-looking. More equal permeabilities, be those of borders, bodies and access to technology and treatment. thanks to you @lawrencegipe and @makepaintinggreatagain for the trust, @therealalaia @chy_0 and @aidan.nelsonn for the opportunity and support, and @beihua_guo for documentation and moral-logistical support love to my main collaborators, funding support and mentors in this, throughout iterations @tucker.grams @bezben_ @leo__bardo @lucas_bambozzi @f___velazquez_ @owenkeanecreations @balex.sandra @ericsouther @pf_casadeestudos @carmenagulham @rodjon @p_driguez @ultra.martini @confluencenter @alfred_iea @uazschoolofart @festivalmixbrasil

/syringe and /skink performed at the opening of Degree Zero: Utopia/Distopia @wonzimer 's 'wonzimer' in LA /syringe is on view until May 22 Both pieces are moving image experiments that trace the circulation of bodies, data, and viral imaginaries across the infrastructures of health surveillance and contemporary image systems, looking at queerness and HIV in the US/Mexico borderlands. This is part of the continuing /semipermebale. Experimental cinema has a haunting potential for intensity and impact, and I hope that this came across in this latest disruption as future-looking. More equal permeabilities, be those of borders, bodies and access to technology and treatment. thanks to you @lawrencegipe and @makepaintinggreatagain for the trust, @therealalaia @chy_0 and @aidan.nelsonn for the opportunity and support, and @beihua_guo for documentation and moral-logistical support love to my main collaborators, funding support and mentors in this, throughout iterations @tucker.grams @bezben_ @leo__bardo @lucas_bambozzi @f___velazquez_ @owenkeanecreations @balex.sandra @ericsouther @pf_casadeestudos @carmenagulham @rodjon @p_driguez @ultra.martini @confluencenter @alfred_iea @uazschoolofart @festivalmixbrasil

✨"DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art" re-opens Thursday, April 30th, 12-7pm ✨ We had a wonderful opening, thanks to everyone who attended and supported our efforts. Thanks to @therealalaia , @chy_0 & @aidan.nelsonn for their Incredible help and belief in this project. Thanks especially to all the artists who came through with some beautiful work, esp. my co-organizer @makepaintinggreatagain 🌞 @benjackelstudio @beihua_guo @lizcohenstudio @lynnaldrich_art @marcosjserafim @hilarybakerstudio @keith.walsh87 @austinmcaswell @dawggie51 @kaya.blank @frohawktwofeathers @wonzimer

A big thank you to everyone that made it out for the opening of DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art Open Thursday - Sunday 12-7pm Exhibition Dates: April 24th - May 22nd, 2026 Curated by Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson Exhibiting Artists: Lynn Aldrich @lynnaldrich_art Hilary Baker @hilarybakerstudio Austin Caswell @austinmcaswell Liz Cohen @lizcohenstudio Lawrence Gipe @lawrencegipe Beihua Guo @beihua_guo Mark Steven Greenfield @dawggie51 Kaya & Blank @kaya.blank Ben Jackel @bensantiquerestoration Constance Mallinson @makepaintinggreatagain Umar Rashid @frohawktwofeathers Marcos Serafim @marcosjserafim Keith Walsh @keith.walsh87 Wonzimer Gallery is proud to present “DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art”, a 13-artist group exhibition organized by artist-curators Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson. The work presented in DegreeZero exists in the grey area between the oppositional, yet strangely fungible, states of Utopia and Dystopia; this is not an academic exercise, as it this theme might bring to mind the state of contemporary societies caught in, for example, a precarious balance between the ideals of democracy and totalitarianism. “Traditional views of Utopianism allow us to project ideal, humanitarian societies by imagining what might be but does not yet exist”, writes Mallinson from her essay for DegreeZero. “Without utopian idealism, one risks succumbing to Utopia’s co-equal sibling: Dystopia, loosely defined as the retreat/decline of progress and the prevalence of societies based totally on self-interest and the breakdown of shared goals. War, corruption, suffering, suppression, repression, and hopelessness are its chief characteristics.”

TONIGHT 8PM @wonzimer in Los Angeles opening for Degree Zero: Utopia/Distopia from 5-10PM

TONIGHT DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art Opening Reception: 5-10pm, Friday April 24th, 2026 Exhibition Dates: April 24th - May 22nd, 2026 Curated by Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson Exhibiting Artists: Lynn Aldrich @lynnaldrich_art Hilary Baker @hilarybakerstudio Austin Caswell @austinmcaswell Liz Cohen @lizcohenstudio Lawrence Gipe @lawrencegipe Beihua Guo @beihua_guo Mark Steven Greenfield @dawggie51 Kaya & Blank @kaya.blank Ben Jackel @bensantiquerestoration Constance Mallinson @makepaintinggreatagain Umar Rashid @frohawktwofeathers Marcos Serafim @marcosjserafim Keith Walsh @keith.walsh87 Wonzimer Gallery is proud to present “DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art”, a 13-artist group exhibition organized by artist-curators Lawrence Gipe and Constance Mallinson. The work presented in DegreeZero exists in the grey area between the oppositional, yet strangely fungible, states of Utopia and Dystopia; this is not an academic exercise, as it this theme might bring to mind the state of contemporary societies caught in, for example, a precarious balance between the ideals of democracy and totalitarianism. “Traditional views of Utopianism allow us to project ideal, humanitarian societies by imagining what might be but does not yet exist”, writes Mallinson from her essay for DegreeZero. “Without utopian idealism, one risks succumbing to Utopia’s co-equal sibling: Dystopia, loosely defined as the retreat/decline of progress and the prevalence of societies based totally on self-interest and the breakdown of shared goals. War, corruption, suffering, suppression, repression, and hopelessness are its chief characteristics.”

Starting to crack the code on this one, almost 😌 #runitdome #runitisland #contemporarylandscape #oiloncanvas #marshallislands

I realized that I haven't been to Federal Court in 10 years now; it was a dozen years ago, when this project was at its height - I was attending Operation Streamline proceedings in Tucson Federal Court on a weekly basis. In 2011, I answered the inquiry of a journalism student at my University of Arizona email. He needed visuals for a journal article he was writing describing the nature of Operation Streamline procedures... No cameras allowed in federal court, put pencils were and I hope still are. This eventually morphed into a Confluence grant, a small book, a lecture panel, and an archive, which is available online at the University of Arizona's special collections library. https://lib.arizona.edu/special-collections/collections/lawrence-gipe-operation-streamline-sketches @uazschoolofart #operationstreamline #courtdrawing #uarizonaschoolofart