infrastructures of embodied labour: satellites, con-tain-er, and tell a star

satellites 2016

through a series of physical and digital assemblages, the multimedia installation, satellites, includes sculpture, video and a newhive website. it maps out systems of vision by investigating landscapes known as frontiers, both “outerspace” and “western”, digital and physical, metaphoric and literal. “…live satellite transmissions, direct satellite broadcasting, and remote sensing have been used not to unify the world but increasingly to divide and patrol it. (parks, down to earth…)” satellites examines how arbitrary lines become permanent boundaries like cartographic divisions of a map.

workshops

1. 2017 workshops interconnectivity and affect: a walking tour of kingston, modern fuel, kingston, on, ca
2. 2017 animaps tutorial - contextualizing kingston
3. 2017 blender 3d modeling workshop
4. 2016 digimagine: constructing 3d sculpture, nadi al-quoz, dubai, uae; arranged by alserkal avenue
   

exhibitions

1. 2017 satellites screening, room before, visual art center, austin, tx; curated by veronica roberts
2. 2017 satellites exhibition, whippersnapper gallery, toronto, on
3. 2017 satellites digital commission, alserkal avenue, dubai, uae

talks

1. 2017 screening & artist talk - digital mapping and the politics of place, , modern fuel, kingston, on, ca
2. 2017 artist talk: hiba ali, the commons, toronto, on, ca

con-tain-er 2017

her environment #7: murmurs and palpitations, tcc gallery, chicago, il, 2018

performed at 13th street repertory theatre for act up's situational conflicts/ conflictual situations; curated by nick faust (2017)
con-tain-er performance document (2017)

ut-austin, crate, computer screen, lcd tv, 2 hd 1080 video, balloons, spotlights and 2 speaker sets, 2017

the con-tain-er installation excavates the shipping container industry and traces historic "flows" of people and goods: the silk road, spice trade, goods and migration. the present-day movement of goods across borders, zones and spaces is commonplace in our daily reality; however, it is relegated to the background of our contemporary globalization. the performance work done through the popping of balloons and patrolling an artificial border of amazon-ordered catch-all "international" flags calls to attention the axis on which cultural exchanges have occurred. through text and the femme body of an employee in an all-black attire wearing a blue-tooth device, the worker is provided instruction on how to speak about the history of global exchanges. she ruminates on a different method of circulation that is equity-driven rather than profit-driven. circulation is emblematic of the global shipping industry. this installation refers to the uneven spread of globalization, specifically how corporate production purposefully makes invisible off-shore labor into an easily discarded tag of "made in___."

Exhibitions

1. 2018 Her Environment #7: Murmurs and Palpitations, TCC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2. 2018 Digital Carnival, Vancouver, BC; Curated by Cinevolution Media Arts Team
3. 2017 An Elsewhere Within Here, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL; Curated by Josh Rios
4. 2017 New Normal, The Hangar – UMAM D&R, Istanbul, TR; Curated by Hiba Farhat and Murat Adash
5. 2017 Electric Women Archive, Curated by Lauren Valley, Online
   
   

Press

1. 2018 Review: Between the Body and the Touchscreen: A Review of “Her Environment #7: Murmurs and Palpitations” at TCC Gallery, Luke Fidler, Newcity
2. 2017 “The New Normal” at Supa Salon, Istanbul, Mousee Magazine
   
   

Lecture

2018 Go Amazonify Yourself! Skype Lecture (in conjunction with Her Environment #7: Murmurs and Palpitations exhibition,) Online, Chicago, IL & Austin, TX

Peformance

2017 Conflict Situations/Situational Conflict Performance Festival, 13th Street Repertory Theater, New York, NY; Arranged by Nick Faust, ACT UP

tell a star 2018

in tell a star, a 3-channel video installation, an alternative universe is presented where mars, pluto and the earth's cities have been connected. essay is here.

Installation

1. 2018 BOSSBABESTX Festival, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX

2. 2018 Affordable Dreamhouse, MFA 2018 UT-Austin Thesis Exhibition, Visual Art Center, Austin, TX
   

Press

2018 Babes Fest Thrives: How to art female empowerment, Clara Wang, Austin Chronicle