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HOW IT IS NOWADAYS
Curated by Rena Tom
How do we tend to the unseen forces that permeate and shape the places we inhabit? Do we resist or capitulate? Do we work with, or work within? Topology is concerned with the connections between spaces, invisible until they shimmer into view. The contours we detect are inevitably distorted by our individual histories, creating a powerful counterpoint to traditional maps that calcify, suppress, or erase.
The artists in How It Is Nowadays explore the concept of constructive interference using process, observation, repetition, and chance. Engaged in a material dialogue with their environment, they map shifting flows and emergent patterns to trace imperfect grids — the topology of ‘now’ — that reveal how they interact with the systems that surround them.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Jenna Bonistalli
Rachel Dawson
Katie Gong
Jason Gouliard
Doug Johnston
Joshua Moreno
Amy Tavern
Alice Wiese
Connie Zheng
Minoosh Zomorodinia
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FRANK RATCHYE PROJECT SPACE
ELAINE NGUYEN: BLOOD BREATH STOOL
The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Blood Breath Stool, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Elaine Ngyuen.
Blood Breath Stool is an excavation into sudden, inexplicable chronic illness. Elaine Nguyen, replicates her experiences with doctor’s examinations through creating abstract shapes she refers to as bugs, a metaphorical reflection of how repetition, mirroring, and pairing become tools for understanding what feels insurmountable. A devotional practice in its repetition, she transforms plexiglass into abstract shapes as a relentless examination of the endless loop of testing, blood draws, X-rays and MRIs she endured. Each bug paired with another bug further reveals the duality and conflicting feelings of pain but also the immense love and support from friends during a time of unknown.