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Officially a bicoastal wanderer — much gratitude to @eyebeamnyc for selecting me as a 2026 “Speculating on Plurality” resident at @nyutandon under the new leadership of the brilliant @juliaxgulia . I’m thrilled to spend 12 rigorous and playful weeks expanding my technical vocabulary in spatial computing and virtual production, while being in conversation with a group of Lenapehoking-based luminaries. Honored to be part of a cohort alongside @u_mbr0 , @chloealxandra , @cocarosa_ , @alex.beige.corp , and @auroramititelu . Many thanks to Thomas Martinez, Ty, @kuoskies , @natlovesmia + the jury @stephanie.dinkins (icon) @mhramos1 @khoshooee @pjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjpj and Julia. What would it take to build technology that holds our multitudes rather than flattening them? That’s the question at the heart of Speculating on Plurality, Eyebeam’s 2026 artist residency.

Thank you @spectra__studio and @rip__space for hosting Earthbound, curated by @_vera_petukhova_ — with whom I had the pleasure of chatting about the intersections in our practices: futuring and world-building through artmaking, writing, and curating. We’re particularly interested in reframing works in process/ transcending the usual logic of exhibitions and temporality. Also learned a lot about code, Greek art history, videogame theories and speculative infrastructures from presenters @isabelbeavers @44ian @iammans @miss__sammie @hpymntn @alicebucknell . Photos by Carrie Chen, Naomi Sam and China Smith.

𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐗𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 + 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐚 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒘? 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 Artist and futurist Kira Xonorika @xonorika joins curator and Rip Space founder Vera Petukhova @_vera_petukhova_ for an open dialogue on worldbuilding and futurity. The conversation examines how curatorial practice engages emergent technologies and in-process work, tracing Hollywood as a worldbuilding machinery and considering how evolving tools, and unfinished forms shape new cultural narratives and experimental infrastructures. Part of 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 co-presented by Rip Space @rip__space and Spectra Studio @spectra__studio this Saturday 2/28 at Spectra Studio (Lincoln Heights) Daytime programming begins at 3:00pm – come for the full arc! Tickets in bio

🚨 Final Call! Only this weekend left to see 'Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth' at E‑WERK Luckenwalde before it closes on Sunday. Don’t miss the last chance to experience the works of the Mensch Maschine Artist in Residence Programme exploring the intersections of ecology, energy and technology. Open Saturday  &  Sunday, 12:00 – 18:00 We can’t wait to welcome you one last time! 💛 ____________ 🚨 Final Call! Nur noch dieses Wochenende ist „Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth“ im E‑WERK Luckenwalde zu sehen – bevor die Ausstellung am Sonntag endet. Verpasst nicht die letzte Gelegenheit, die Werke des Mensch Maschine Artist in Residence Programms an der Schnittstelle von Ökologie, Energie und Technik. Geöffnet Samstag  und  Sonntag, 12:00 – 18:00 Uhr Wir freuen uns, euch ein letztes Mal zu begrüßen! 💛 Featuring: Assem Hendawi (@assemhendawi ) Emerson Culurgioni (@emerson.culurgioni ) & Viktor Brim (@viktorbrim__ ) hn. lyonga (@hn_lyonga ) & Safiya Yon (@seedmother_studio ) with David Osaodion Odiase (@thedavidodiase ) & Cate Lartey (@ceitii ) Kira Xonorika (@xonorika ) Maithu Bùi (@maithu_bui ) Rae Hsu (@hsurae ) Sonya Isupova (@sonya.isupova ) Eine Kooperation mit @akademiederkuenste @e.on_foundation @visit_eonfoundation 📸 @kathleenpracht

Last week to experience the artworks "Deep Time Dance" and "Mainumby" at @ewerk_luckenwalde in Germany 🇩🇪 / Human Machine: Return to Earth curated by @claradius @helsxturner @katharinaworf . Many thanks @akademiederkuenste @visit_eonfoundation Photos @lailakaletta Open through February 22, 2026.

'Tentacular Divine' is a newly commissioned 7-channel video installation on view at the Karsh-Masson gallery @publicartottawa through February 8 in Ottawa, Canada. Presented as part of 'And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways' (J’ai trouvé cet endroit par des voies perdues), curated by Remco Volner, x @artengine . With artists @elehrah @kitekitekitekitekite @alishabwormsley @komiolaf @hey_adrienne @isabella_salas . More documentation soon.

'Deep Time Dance' on view at @ewerk_luckenwalde through February 22. Supported by the Human Machine Fellowship @akademiederkuenste x @ewerk_luckenwalde and @e.on_foundation . Direction, datasets @xonorika CGI @sanjoserra Score @purabasuradelsistema Editing #SoniaWu Motion Graphics @occulted 'Human Machine: Return to Earth' curated by @claradius @helsxturner @katharinaworf

'Mainumby' (Hummingbird) is a monumental sculpture commissioned by the @akademiederkuenste and @ewerk_luckenwalde as part of the Human–Machine Fellowship. In the seventeenth century, Baroque art workshops were established by the Jesuits across South America (present day Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia) as part of the formation of a Catholic visual canon imposed upon diverse Indigenous populations. These workshops transmitted European notions of proportion, perspective, and representation through wood carving, they also enacted an ontological and epistemic process of displacement, through which Indigenous spiritual systems were gradually suppressed, reconfigured, and erased. Hummingbirds are sacred for many Indigenous peoples across Abya Yala and Turtle Island. For the Guaraní people, the hummingbird is the Creator deity. During colonization, this figure was absorbed into the monotheistic framework of Christianity through missionary translation and visual assimilation, reshaping a relational and pluriversal cosmology into a singular, anthropomorphic form. This work reclaims ancient imaginaries by undoing that assimilation, centering Guarani cosmology and Two-spirit life force that resists colonial, hierarchical, and anthropocentric frameworks of divinity and spirituality. Nature as God. "Return to Earth" is curated by @claradius @helsxturner and @katharinaworf supported by @e.on_foundation on view through February 22, 2026. Much gratitude to the team who made it possible @guzmanbromelia @mtmyrzmrcs , Pablo, Helen, Clara, Marie for the coordination and support in production across time zones. To sibling and connector @tiara_roxanne_ for being an important mentor throuought. Aguyje. Photos by @lailakaletta

𝑹𝒊𝒑 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 #𝟒 ~~ 𝑲𝑰𝑹𝑨 𝑿𝑶𝑵𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑲𝑨 @xonorika Spotlighting another work from our SYSTEM SUPPORT print collection: created in partnership with White Label Editions @white_label_editions . Every purchase directly supports Rip Space’s next phase as we work toward a new space and expanded programming in 2026. ✨✨Perfect for holiday gifting or for adding a special piece to your own collection✨✨ 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘟𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 17 × 11 in · Edition of 15 This image is a still created during the storyboarding process for a larger AI moving-image film within Kira Xonorika’s ongoing world-building practice. Centered on the mburucuyá (passionflower), Paraguay’s national flower, the work transforms a familiar botanical symbol into something uncanny and otherworldly. The image captures a key visual moment in Xonorika’s exploration of worlds that intertwine personal, cultural, and ancestral symbols into new hybrid ecologies. Limited edition. Collect now + support Rip Space. (link in bio)

In the resonance space of the exhibition »Hyper Creatures«, a publication in edition form was created in conceptual collaboration with curators Patrick Blümel, Sophia Naumann, and the artist Kira Xonorika: »Spirit Verses« – a multi-layered, surreal artistic work of image and text, unfolding over 74 pages in swiss brochure with foil stamping & embedded lenticular image. The verses move between calm, classical paragraphs and playful displacements – always harmonious, structured by a French page layout and a clear baseline grid. ---MEM--- […] »Ihre Texte durchqueren kosmische Landschaften und öffnen Portale zwischen Körper und Geist, Erde und Kosmos, Erinnerung und Vision. Sie verhandeln die Fragilität unserer Gegenwart ebenso wie die Möglichkeit anderer Welten. »Spirit Verses« verbindet Quantenbiologie und Ahn*innenwissen, KI und Animismus, Science-Fiction und techno-spirituelle Träume. Sprache selbst wird zum lebendigen Organ, zum Ritual, zur Beschwörung. Für das Buch hat Xonorika Bilder mit einer generativen KI geschaffen, die mit ihren Datensätzen trainiert wurde, sowie digitale Collagen und Malereien. Quantenspringer-Bunnys, Mischwesen – halb Mensch halb Kolibri – und andere fantastische Kreaturen sind visuelle Meditationen über Spiritualität, Technologie und das Überschreiten von Grenzen. Die Bilder sind keine bloße Illustration, sondern eigenständige Wesen – Träger*innen von Bewegung, Energie und kosmischer Erinnerung. Entstanden ist das Buch während eines Aufenthalts der Künstlerin im Max Ernst Museum. Poesie, surrealistische Literatur, Spekulation und Autoethnografie schlagen assoziative Brücken zur Ausstellung und ihren Fragestellungen – gesehen und transformiert von Kira Xonorika.« […] (Quelle: MEM Instagram, 10.09.25) Die Buchedition (100 Exemplare) ist für 39€ im Museumsshop erhältlich. Bestellung unter: [email protected] ----- @xonorika @max_ernst_museum @pattt.blue @suffimoiselle @druckereikettler #edition #graphicdesign #xonorika #spiritverses #maxernst

Back in my favorite city in 🇩🇪 Berlin ⭐️ one last time this year for the celebratory Human Machine symposium at @akademiederkuenste "Soil, Sound and Memory" Speaking at 6:40 pm on "Uwani: Recursion, Relation and the three movements of life" guided by Carib epistemologist, curator and all around brilliance @themechatroniclibrary with artists and performers @seedmother_studio @hn_lyonga , agent DIVA and Thuy-Han Nguyen Chi. Many thanks @claradius and @tiara_roxanne_ @helsxturner @visit_eonfoundation @ewerk_luckenwalde

Dear friends, thrilled to announce TENTACULAR DIVINE, my new moving-image piece commissioned by @publicartottawa x @artengine 🇨🇦 which premieres this Thursday at the City Hall Karsh-Masson Gallery, Anishinaabe land/ Ottawa. First time showing in Canada! "And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways" is curated by Remco Volmer and features work by Rah Eleh, Kite with Alisha B. Wormsley, Adrienne Matheuszik, Komi Olafimihan, Isabella Salas and Kira Xonorika. On view from November 13, 2025 through February 8, 2026.