thank you endlessly @mmor.art for the incredible and thoughtful article on N3O_iD011z 💗🧝🏻♀️📿 full text available on @impulse_magazine_ ’s website 👩🏻💻
N3O_iD011z
April 16 - 30, 2026
630 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Reception: Thu, Apr 16; 6:00 - 9:00pm
Contemporary digital culture has produced emergent structures that parallel, and in some cases displace, traditional systems of religious meaning-making. The screen, a new central site of devotion, has become the place in which existence is directed by the parasocial digital idols who establish aesthetic, ethical, and behavioral scripts for others to inhabit. The very act of posting has become a liturgical ritual that is akin to acts of affirmation and organized religion. Yet, unlike institutional religion, this techo-theology collapses the distinction between worshiper and worshiped: to be online is to occupy both roles simultaneously. In offering oneself to a dispersed and anonymous congregation, the user enacts a form of devotional performance structured by visibility and response. Aptly titled “N3O_iD011z,” (Neo-Idols), the artists in this exhibition gesture towards this emergent condition, positioning the digital image as a vessel for devotion, dependence and eventual disillusionment.
This exhibition is curated by MA Curatorial Practice students Justin Apice, Colleen Dalusong, Kiera McIntosh, Naomi Moser, and Diana Sardaryan, and includes work by artists Emma Beatrez, Dew Kim, Daemon Lovers, Leah Ying Lin, Viv Moe, Amon Silex, and Kate Williams.
disclaimer for my mom: no cigarettes were smoked (by me) during the making of this exhibit 😇🙏
thank you @wakeupdragon and @aspace____ for being so fun to work with on this show 💗 thank you to everybody who came to see the exhibit 🥰 thank you gurveer juju and kearra for helping me install 🛠️ thank you @1nk_a for the insane cigarette-themed cake 🎂 and of course the biggest thank you goes to all the artists who were part of ‘smoke break’ 🚬
if u aren’t able to see ‘smoke break’ before it closes on march 15th, then mark ur calendars for april 16th 🫵🏻😁🗓️
Install views of the exhibition “Smoke Break.”🚬
Artists: Anna Cho, Brian St Cyr, Claire A. Baker, Cyprian Szablak, I Chin Sung, jiwoong, Julia Riguerra, Kay Zeng, Keegan Stewart, Ketty Haolin Zhang, Kutay Tufekci, Madeleine Eggen, Nicola Golightly, Rachel Deakin, Richard Medina, Sofia Arév, Yasmin Lindemann
Curator: Colleen Dalusong @mareenae
📅March 6- March 15, 2026
📍A Space Gallery, 13 Grattan St, 402, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Sometimes the best part of the party is stepping out for a smoke break. During the six minutes it takes to smoke a cigarette, anything can happen: strangers confess things to one another that they would never admit to their closest friends, long-forgotten anecdotes are resuscitated for a good laugh, and fiery opinions are exchanged. This fleeting intimacy and connection may only last for a brief moment, but the memory lingers like the scent of tobacco on your clothes.
A Space Gallery invites you to rendezvous with us for the opening of ’smoke break.‘
🚪 Opening Reception: Friday, March 6, 5-7 PM
🗓 Exhibition Dates: March 6 - March 15, 2026
🏛️ Venue: A Space Gallery, 13 Grattan St #402, Brooklyn, NY 11206
🚬 Artists:
Anna Cho @sungyunanna
Brian St Cyr
Claire A. Baker @claire_a_baker
Cyprian Szablak @cycyklon
I Chin Sung @ichin_sung
jiwoong @jiwoong_
Julia Riguerra @maldiguerra
Kay Zeng @kayzeng777
Keegan Stewart @keeganstew
Ketty Haolin Zhang @kettyzzz
Kutay Tufekci @kutaytufekcistudio
Madeleine Eggen @whatsinmyzipperpocket
Nicola Golightly @nic.golightly
Rachel Deakin @racheldeakin_
Richard Medina @richardmedinastudio
Sofia Arév @sofia.a
Yasmin Lindemann @yasmin.g0ld
🫁 Curator: Colleen Dalusong @mareenae
💌 RSVP: /402dox1q
