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📢 Rip Space and Supercollider LA are pleased to announce 𝙒𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝙐𝙥 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, a hybrid exhibition and public program series opening June 5, 2026 at Wilshire Online in Los Angeles. Bringing together works by Nat Decker, Devin Wilson, Ina Chen, Naomi Sam, Filip Kostic, American Artist, Wednesday Kim, and Lou Fauroux, the exhibition explores the psychic, cultural, and infrastructural conditions of life lived through platforms and computational systems. Borrowing its title from the chorus of Evanescence’s 2003 anthem “Bring Me to Life,” which returned to global charts nearly two decades after its release. 𝙒𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝙐𝙥 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 reflects on the return of a distinctly emotional register shaped by longing, dependency, alienation, and the desire to feel present again. The exhibition illustrates this resurgence within networked systems that transform attention, psychology, and social life into metrics, performance, and behavioral data. At the same time, 𝙒𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝙐𝙥 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 resists pure technological pessimism and speculative forecasting. The forthcoming public program series turns toward artists building alternative systems, local networks and autonomous infrastructures. Responding to a growing desire for forms of collective technological life rooted in shared control over the systems we inhabit. Curated by Vera Petukhova (@_vera_petukhova_ ), with exhibition design by Naomi Sam The exhibition and program series is organized as a collaboration between Rip Space and SUPERCOLLIDER LA (@supercollider.la ) with exhibition support from Isabel Beavers (@isabelbeavers ) Coinciding with the exhibition is an artist-led workshop series organized by Maisa Imamovic (@iammans ) full program TBA soon! @nat_decker__ @devinwilsonstudio @ina_ccchen @oida_kalashnikov @flipkostic @a_____rtist @wednesdaykimm @loufauroux RSVP/Link in bio 🌟 Flyer Design by Tiffany Ta @grafik_content #supercollider.la #ripspace #LAart #NETWORK #AI

bitforms gallery @bitforms and Rip Space @rip__space present 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒖𝒎, a Los Angeles–based exhibition marking the first in an ongoing series of collaborations, featuring work by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 @nat_decker__ , 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐮 @auroramititelu , 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬 @reas , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 @rothbergrothberg . Co-curated by Vera Petukhova @_vera_petukhova_ Please join us at Wilshire Online @wilshireonline on Thursday, May 14, 6–9 PM to celebrate the opening. RSVP link in bio. The exhibition traces an intergenerational lineage of artists working with software-based practices, foregrounding how code operates as both a time-based and spatial medium. The partnership pairs bitforms’ long-standing engagement with the histories and infrastructures of digital and time-based work with Rip Space’s process-driven approach to experimentation and ideas in motion. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒖𝒎 coincides with bitforms gallery’s 25th anniversary, reflecting a legacy of supporting artists who have defined generative and software-based practices. Pioneers like Daniel Canogar and Casey Reas, whose work helped establish code as an artistic medium are presented alongside artists such as Sarah Rothberg whose practice engages interactive systems and AI to explore the social and psychological dimensions of technology.Their influence extends into artists like Aurora Mititelu and Nat Decker, who treat software as both material and environment, developing installation-based and networked practices that expand how digital systems inhabit physical space. May 14 – June 20, 2026 at Wilshire Online || 6135 Willshire Blvd Opening reception: May 14, 6–9PM Hours: Thurs 11-7 | Fri 2-9 PM | Sat 2–9 PM Photo Credit : Sarah Rothberg, Sophie For You (software), 2023-2025, Custom software (color, sound)

Rip Space 2.0 is continuing to evolve as a nomadic and adaptive form. While we are working toward a future physical space, this year focuses on exhibitions, and shaping new possibilities across collaborations with community partners and other spaces. With 2.0, our team structure has also evolved: Founded and led by curator Vera Petukhova @_vera_petukhova_ 
 Naomi Sam || technical producer, technologist, artist @oida_kalashnikov 
 Maisa Imamović || research, discourse, and design @iammans Rip Space operates as a platform for exhibitions, programs, and collaborations centered on future-oriented artistic practices and emergent cultural paradigms. New website and design identity coming soon and the next series of exhibitions unfolding shortly. Stay tuned ! 📸Thank you Zara Pfeifer @zarapfeifer ☁️☁️one of our favorite photographers ☁️☁️ for the photo

more of our favorite moments from EARTHBOUND: Speculating the World, Worldbuilding the Present. Presented in collaboration with @spectra__studio 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐗𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 @_vera_petukhova_ @xonorika Moving through process, futurity, and Los Angeles as a kind of worldbuilding machine, the conversation reflected on how imagination operates as a material force. It also engaged questions of curatorial practice, particularly in working with emergent art forms that are still taking shape, where process becomes central and unfolds through open systems. The conversation revisited a past collaboration with Rip Space for the exhibition Open World and a performance by Kira Xonorika with a Unitree Go1 robot dog which opened up questions around re-contextualizing the machine through an Indigenous and queer framework, and what it means to demilitarize its ontology. more from EARTHBOUND this week

continuing with Documentation from EARTHBOUND: Speculating the World, World-building the Present co-presented with @spectra__studio 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐞 The research / lecture performance by @isabelbeavers utilized both research and ritual, tracing the material and mythological lineages of computation. Drawing from Isabel’s ongoing research into copper mining and ancient mythology in Greece, the work moved through early computational and gaming devices, reframing them through mythological and historical contexts. Moving across time and scale, it connected contemporary digital infrastructure to deeper histories of extraction, ritual, and play, opening up questions around what these technologies carry with them into the present.

Continuing to post documentation from EARTHBOUND: Speculating the World, Worldbuilding the Present Co-presented with @spectra__studio 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥, “𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬” 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 @alicebucknell The experience of this lecture performance can easily be described as cinematic through the scale and immersion of the presentation, combined with the alluring imagery and depth of research and narrative in Alice Bucknell’s work, made it truly unique. Moving through gaming, ecological simulation, and planetary modeling, the work explored how these systems shape the way we see, and attempt to predict, the world around us. Sitting somewhere between research and immersion, it opened up questions around simulation, perception, and the ways these tools begin to define what feels possible.

Continuing with more documentation from EARTHBOUND: Speculating the World, World-building the Present co-presented with @spectra__studio 𝐐𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐐𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐘𝐞 + 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢ć: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈? @iammans @44ian Through a performative dialogue, Maisa and QianQian reflected on what it means to teach and practice creative coding at a moment when AI shows up in the classroom as collaborator, shortcut, and a new kind of prosthetic knowledge. Moving between their classroom experiences, personal perspectives as women, the cyberfeminist frameworks that shaped them, and broader cultural shifts, their conversation opened up coding as a way of thinking; shaping how we understand authorship and our own agency as these systems continue to shift in real time. stay tuned for more documentation from EARTHBOUND this week 🤸🪐

We’ve been slowly going through documentation from EARTHBOUND over the past few weeks, and posting some glimpes to the grid from that day 💕 here’s a snapshot of the intro notes framing the program from curator @_vera_petukhova_ A month later, we’re still hearing from people about the impact of EARTHBOUND, and it’s a reminder of how needed spaces for critical discourse around emergent technologies, infrastructure, and worldbuilding are right now Thank you again to Spectra Studio @spectra__studio for hosting and for the technical precision and that made the program feel truly expansive, visually, spatially, and experientially. And deep appreciation to all of the artists who shaped the program with rigor, generosity, and depth @isabelbeavers @xonorika @alicebucknell @44ian @iammans @miss__sammie @hpymntn Rip Space 2.0 is actively taking shape. We’re building toward a new phase of programming that expands on this momentum, across exhibitions, public programs, and collaborative formats. This week we’ll be sharing documentation from some of our favorite moments from EARTHBOUND 🌍🌐🧠🛜🕸️

Highlights from SYNTHESIS II: EARTHBOUND 🌍 last Saturday at Spectra Studio during Frieze LA Art Week. The program featured insightful talks and performances co-curated by @spectra__studio and Vera Petukhova @_vera_petukhova_ @rip__space Artist Talks: Alice Bucknell @alicebucknell , Isabel Beavers @isabelbeavers , Qianqian Ye + Maisa Imamović @44ian @iammans , Whisper @miss__sammie , Shanhuan Manton @hpymntn , Kira Xonorika @xonorika Live A/V Performances: Colloboh @colloboh , Cabbibo @cabbibo , John Miranda @metalliczebra , Kai Luen Liang @kailuen3030 Multi-Media Installations: Naomi Sam @oida_kalashnikov Huge thanks to all the artists for sharing work and for our amazing community. We can’t wait for next time! 🌐🌍🩵

𝐍𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐦, 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 Alongside our live program multi-media artist Naomi Sam @oida_kalashnikov will exhibit her work Earthbound Angel – a multimedia installation combining a recorded video game environment with a sculpture built from rebar, steel, and fragments of audio cable. Drawing from environmental phenomena, ancient land art, and speculative planetary thinking, the work reinterprets crop circles, orbs, and other atmospheric signals as forms of earthbound communication. Rather than looking outward toward escape or extraction, it turns attention back to the planet itself. Rejecting longtermist fantasies of leaving Earth behind, Earthbound Angel imagines a future where care, reciprocity, and spiritual connection to the planet are not aspirational, but inevitable. ​​𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐈: 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 situates installation, discourse, and sound within a shared physical space; asking how we build systems, worlds, and futures while remaining grounded here. Join us Saturday 2/28 from 3:00-10:00 for a full day of artist talks, installations and live A/V music performance

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 (𝐒𝐒𝐂) : 𝑪𝒚𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 A conversation on digital sovereignty and collective infrastructure, exploring community-held server systems as alternatives to corporate cloud platforms. Infrastructure here becomes shared artistic and pedagogical practice. @miss__sammie @hpymntn Part of Earthbound, co-presented by @rip__space & @spectra__studio Saturday 2/28 Spectra Studio, 1846 Sichel St. Lincoln Heights Join us for the full daytime program. Tickets are limited; advance purchase recommended. << Link in Bio >>

𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐/𝟐𝟖 𝟕:𝟎𝟎 - 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀/𝐕 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 Following our daytime program of artist lectures and performances from 3:00–6:00 PM, join us tomorrow evening 7-10PM 2/28 at Spectra Studio in Lincoln Heights for an evening of live systems, modular architectures, and audiovisual performance. @spectra__studio @rip__space 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒉 – @colloboh Los Angeles–based producer and composer working with modular synthesis to build immersive, layered electronic compositions. Colloboh closes the evening with a set shaped by systems, modulation, and evolving sonic architectures. 𝑪𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒃𝒐 – @cabbibo Digital artist and developer creating immersive, code-driven audiovisual systems where sound and image evolve together in real time. 𝑲𝒂𝒊 𝑳𝒖𝒆𝒏 𝑳𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈  – @kailuen3030 Hybrid instrumentalist and electronic producer exploring the space between organic resonance and digital synthesis. 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 – @metalliczebra Experimental electronic artist blending textured sound design with live visual feedback and performance-based media. Capacity is limited. Advance tickets recommended Link in bio << 1846 Sichel St >>