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Roll the Dice: New Crowdfunding Projects from Around the World

Roll the Dice: New Crowdfunding Projects from Around the World #boardgames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #stl

Crowdfunding helps creators bring their projects to life by going direct to consumers and delivering the funding to help make the projects a reality. With so many launching, we’re providing an easy way to discover new projects on Kickstarter (with other platforms to come!). See what’s come to Kickstarter on November 30th. Les Fiers Colverts – Le rassemblement Donnez vie au JDR des Fiers…

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Activity 1.5 Shock in Contemporary Art

In my opinion, the most important question raised throughout this week’s textbook reading and documentary is in regard to the necessity of shock and controversy for popularity of art. Is contemporary art so oversaturated that to truly forge a name, an artist must rely on shock value or controversy? Two examples of artists that give an affirmative answer to this unanswerable question include Jeff Koons and Andres Serrano. 

As discussed in the Hughes documentary, “The New Shock of the New” (2017), some artists are leaning into controversy and shock for monetary gain or the commodification of their art. In particular, artist Jeff Koons has relied on shock and controversy to facilitate traction and attention surrounding his art. In conversation with Robert Hughes, Koons addresses his statue of Michael Jackson and his pet monkey; this conversation makes it clear that Koons is fully aware of popular culture and societal treatment of popular things/beings (Hughes, 2017). The deliberate choice to allude to Christ in a statue of Michael Jackson illustrates a choice of controversy. Koons is aware that in order for his work to be popular, there must be an element of shock. In the same conversation, Koons likens his design to that of the Old Masters, admittedly seeking the same level of appreciation and reputation (Hughes, 2017). 

Another artist who was discussed in our textbook (Freeland 2003, p. 13), Andres Serrano, created an incredibly controversial work by utilizing the same reference to the Old Masters as Koons. In his photograph Piss Christ, Serrano submerged a crucifix in his own urine, creating the need for a defense for his choice in materials. In defense of Serrano, his work was likened to that of Francisco Goya, who also created shocking images related to religion and politics (Freeland 2003, p. 16). In order to stand out amongst the names of the Old Masters, perhaps Koons and Serrano believed that controversy was their only option. 

Additionally, these artists prove that though they may invoke the traditions of the past Old Masters, there is an inherent element to their modern works that may remove them from the aesthetic theories of taste and beauty as outlined by Humes and Kant (Freeland 2003, p. 14). This begs the further question of whether or not  contemporary art may continue to stray from beauty in favor of notoriety. Koons’ shocking comparison of Christ and Michael Jackson as well as Serrano’s alleged desecration of the crucifix through urine make audiences so uncomfortable to the point of being unable to address the works properly to assess them for beauty according to Kant (Freeland 2003, p. 14); there cannot be disinterest for such controversial or shocking works which is fundamental for judging beauty. 

References

Freeland, C. (2003). Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. 

Hughes, R. (2017). The New Shock of the New (Documentary about contemporary art by Robert Hughes). [Video]. Art and Documentary. (54:39).

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The Scottish engineer James Blyth died on May 15th 1906 in Glasgow.

Blyth was an electrical engineer, and a pioneer in the field of electricity generation through wind power and his wind turbine.

Born in April 1839 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Blyth was educated at the local schools before winning a scholarship to the General Assembly Normal School in Edinburgh. From there, he enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1861, before becoming a teacher of mathematics at Morrison's Academy in Crieff.

Blyth was then appointed Freeland Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson's College in 1880 (now the University of Strathclyde), where he began a research program on the use of wind power for electricity generation and storage.

This research culminated in the installation of a cloth-sailed, horizontal wind turbine (as opposed to the now more common vertical wind turbine) at his Marykirk holiday cottage in July 1887. Blyth's design was 33 ft in diameter and stored the electricity generated in 'accumulators', otherwise known as batteries, that's the turbine in the second pic from 1891.

In 1891 Blyth presented a paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh espousing his belief in the benefits of renewable energy sources, particularly wind but also wave energy. Later that year he was awarded the Brisbane Gold Medal by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts for his work in producing electrical energy from wind.

After a lack of success offering his surplus electricity to the local village, whose residents branded electricity "the work of the devil", Blyth was able to install a larger, much-improved version of his wind turbine at the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary, where it ran successfully for 30 years.

Blyth received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow in 1900 and died on this day in 1906. After the turbine at Montrose Asylum was dismantled in 1914, there would not be another public utility wind turbine in Britain until 1951.

There's a wee bit more on the man here https://www.strath.ac.uk/alumni/connectandnetwork/alumnusalumnaoftheyearaward/alumniinhistory/jamesblyth/

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Alternate Career Path #6

Fashion Designer

An alternate career path for me is to become a fashion designer. Fashion designers make and design clothing pieces and accessories. They can specialize in a variety of fields, such as mass-market clothing, sportswear, high fashion, or footwear. Designers may use various platforms to design and actualize their ideas to life, such as softwares like Photoshop or InDesign. At the very beginning of the design process, designers make a rough sketch, pick out textiles, and create their first prototype. This is similar to a rough draft for an English essay. If one chooses to pursue high fashion, they will work closely with a fashion show to design pieces according to the theme or trend. There are many fashion weeks in Paris, London, and New York that designers can go to. Another way is to work with major brands and design pieces that they will release reasonably. 

Another aspect to designing clothing is the marketing and business skills associated with becoming successful in the field. It may be helpful to have fashion merchandising skills, which help designers get their pieces in actual retail stores. 

There are many places where designers can work. A quarter of designers work in freeland jobs, where they have contracts with clients to create any pieces their client wants. SOme can even launch their own clothing line and apparel. Many designers are based in New York or Los Angeles, and they travel a lot and work long hours during fashion week.

There are many skills that are required for this job. One must be artistic, creative, and detail-oriented in order to design a piece that is timeless. They must also have good collaboration and communicative skills as this is a team-oriented job. The other basic skills to have are color theory, textile training, and being well versed in design software.

Many people pursue a fashion design or art and design degree, although success depends on experience and brand identity as much as their education. Logically, one needs ample hands-on experience such as internships with companies or part-time work. The last two are probably the most important aspects to succeeding in the field, which are building your design portfolio and networking within the industry. Your portfolio essentially encompasses everything that you are when you are trying to find employers. They are your first impressions in terms of your design and what you add to their team. Thus, it is vital to selling yourself and your brand. Similar to many creative fields, networking is essential to getting your name out there and meeting people often secures you opportunities that you wouldn’t have otherwise found. 

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DECIMA x OFFF2022 from GMUNK on Vimeo.

DECIMA is a short film exploring themes of mortality, transmigration, empowerment, soul passage and illumination. Produced for the legendary design conference OFFF Barcelona, who granted GMUNK the opportunity to craft their 20th anniversary title sequence with the highest honor.

The film ultimately focuses on the human condition nested within the control of a cult of robotic shamans called The Vi, and examines the deep emotional connection to loss and rebirth.

GMUNK VTPRODESIGN PSYOP BEN LUKAS BOYSEN FILIPE CARVALHO SHIMMERKID

Starring Nana Ghana and Jagger Hunt.

Production

Director: GMUNK Screenplay: Shimmerkid Story: Bradley G Munkowitz Production Company: JOJX Production Company: Commandeer Exec Producer: Lars Ruch Producer: Micah Ross Prod Supervisor: Conor Bailey 1st AD: Ryan Lippert 2nd AD: Patrick Gorman Director of Photography: Isaac Bauman 2nd Unit DoP: Adrien Oniega Ronin Tech: Andrew Brinkhaus 1st AC: Payam Yazdandoost 2nd AC: Alan Certeza DIT: Jack Schaefer Decima: Nana Ghana Eidolon: Jagger Hunt Wardrobe Stylist: Michelle Martini Stylist Asst: Stephanie Porter Make-Up Artist: Allyson Joiner Hair Stylist: Bianca Harris Art Director: Arne Knudsen Leadman: Steve Tobler Production Design: VTProDesign Robotics Studio: VTProDesign Executive Creative Director: Michael Fullman Executive Producer: Paul Elsberg Director of Creative Technology: Matt Wachter Robotic and Animation Lead: Jordan Ariel Robotics Design and Animation: Hailey Mendoza Designer: Tyler Lampe Art Director: Anass Benhachmi Laser Operator: Derek Abbot Senior Creative Technologist: Dom Ricci Fabrication Lead: Jim Shawhan Motorized Precision Director: Sean Brown Motorized Precision: Shepherd Duff Motorized Precision: Brian Davidson Key Grip: Adam Kolegas BB Grip: Daniel Tucker Grip: Casey Slade Grip: Mike Gray Grip: Izzy Ernst Grip (Pre): Johnathan Gonzalez Gaffer: Paul Monroe BB Electric: Taylor Freeland Electric: Connor Burns Electric (Pre): Theo Hyppolitte Electric (Shoot): Nick Riportella Stills: James Heredia BTS: Aaron Marcellino BTS: Andrew Curtis BTS: Scott Middow Sound Mixer: Houston Guy Medic: Michael Smith SFX Rigger: Pat Romano PA Office: Olivia Tripp PA Truck: Tristan Copeland PA Set: Colby American

Post Production

Editor: Matt Berardi Composer: Ben Lukas Boysen Sound Design: Jochen Mader Post-Production Studio: Psyop Berlin Executive Producer: Justin Stiebel Creative Director: Stefan Susemihl Lead Compositor: Stefan Susemihl 3D Artist: Thomas Sali 2D Compositor: Thomas Sali 2D Compositor: Florian Dehmel Hologram Designer: Peter Clark Concept Art: Toros Kose Concept Art: Nicolas Lopardo Colorist: James Bamford Titles Typography: Felipe Carvalho Titles Animation: João Vaz Oliveira Producer: Jodi Kraushar Producer: Matthias Bauerle

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Unit 2 - Introduction page

Initial ideas

Environments include patterns, “lines of force” and if we can read them- meanings. Focusing on the essential characteristics of the situation and geometry of a structure creates ways of dealing with problematic elements. For example what is one aspect of a site – porosity- becomes a concept?

Holl’s idea of “porosity” made its debut here, if prematurely, where it was applied rather literally to Simmons Hall at MIT and its sponge-like façade.

Vibrant Matter

The notion of celebrating material vitality is explored by Jane Bennett in the book Vibrant Matter, in which she calls states that non-human matter have a “Thing power”. “Thing power is the curious ability of inanimate things to animate, to act to produce effects, dramatic or subtle”

Bennett points out that in childhood, people used to believe that everything around them is animated. During her writing, she wants to recall such early perception of the world. According to her, substances aren’t simply alive in a mechanistic way, or infused with a transcendent spirit. They are alive in their complex interrelationships, trajectories, and properties. Bennett shares Bruno Latour’s term ‘actant’, which is a source of action that can be either human or nonhuman.

It made me think about how we see non-human matter as “dead”. I want to be looking  at architecture through lens where matter is not seen as passive, inactive, and inert. but alive, interconnected and displayed through forms in architecture.

Concepts of Parallax and buildings as Satures

Parallax Gap

FreelandBuck has elevated the concept with its upcoming installation ‘Parallax Gap’, which has been selected by the Renwich Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Whilst most ceilings imply shelter by defining the limits of a room. The installation draws out a series of ceilings to project beyond the limits of the gallery, depicting a catalog of notable 19th-century American interiors which date from the same period as the Renwick’s construction.

 If traditionally, architectural drawing is used to describe building, in this case, drawing is built as a specific object in three-dimensional space, producing an artifact that is both abstract and tectonic, representational and tactile – David Freeland, FreelandBuck.

Galtzaraborda

“The project is located on a undeveloped site which represents a real break in the urban structure of the city. The intervention, beyond resolving a garage, is conceived as an opportunity to build infrastructure that jointly solves accessibility, providing new public spaces and green areas.

The program of 111 parking spaces is organized in two buildings with two towers of panoramic elevators, and large urban spaces on both decks. The project transversely joins the new urban spaces with the closest urbanizations and guarantees vertical access from the lowest point of the neighbourhood, where the train station connects Renteria with San Sebastian, to the highest point.”

Urban Sutures

Joseph Sarafian's design that takes a disconnected corridor along the Chicago River and re-integrates it with the public realm. Each tube weaves previously disparate building functions such as a power plant, post office, and an apartment complex into a singular design solution. The tubes are not merely mediators between functions, but destinations in themselves, attracting pedestrians during the winter when harsh winter snow storms make walking on the street nearly impossible. In the warmer months, the roof garden offer views of the Chicago skyline. The façade carries the motif of weaving as seemingly woven pre-cast concrete elements support the floors, creating an unimpeded free floor plan inside.

Stitch Project

"Stitch" - all about repurposing the opportunities which reside above and around the Greater London railway system into new lively urban environment

Highgate sites

The Grove

The line of The Grove follows the eastern boundary of an estate which at the beginning of the 17th century belonged to Warner family, several members of which held prominent positions in the City of London. All the buildings in The Grove are Listed, either Grade II or II, apart from numbers 12 and 13 which were built in 2015 and Old Well House, built in the early 20th century

Tile Kiln Lane

It is a secluded road between Highgate High Street and underground station providing access to Waterlow Park, Hampstead Heath and fantastic local amenities with great transport links

Highgate Depo

Housing trains for the Northern Line. To enter Service, trains leave the depot and travel north to East Finchley where they can be either routed north towards High Barnet and Mill Hill East or South, back through Highgate station, to the rest of the Northern Line.

OmVed Gardens

Omved Gardens is an urban greenscape nestled behind Highgate High Street. Karen and Lekhu Leason wanted to create a garden and event space, with a particular focus on sustainability and food. Until recently, a wounded and tarmacked wasteland, it is being transformed into a diverse eco habitat with a wildflower meadow, an orchard and a vegetable garden. Through collaboration with artists, architects, chefs, musicians and horticulturalists they are exploring the nature of the relationship between people and our connection to the environment.

Shepherds Hill

The road includes detached houses, bungalows to flats with varied styles. Most of the original three-storey Victorian villas remain, but subdivided into half a dozen flats. The northern side was initially left empty to allow those on the southern side a better view, so its homes are generally younger. Post-war additions tend to be chunky blocks of flats with names like Highgate Heights or Altior Court, many appealingly modernist, the bonus of high ground being that balconies on opposite flanks boast a decent view.

Raydon street

Along Raydon street there are many apartment blocks with Waterlow park being situated behind the flats. There is also a children’s playground opposite the flats. The playground includes some vibrant seating areas with mosaic tiles in remembrance of Anita Broome. Anita Broome a longstanding respected member of the local community who served HNCC s, including as a trustee, who  has recently passed away.

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(Caption) Dolores Del Rio arriving at Waterloo station in London with her husband, MGM art director and designer of the Oscar trophy, Cedric Gibbons. Del Rio is in London to film 'Accused' with director, Thornton Freeland. (1936)

[minettestan]

Do you have a tag for games you recommend? I'm always looking for new games and my experience with point and click or 90s computer games is sorely lacking.

💕My favorite question💕 I took one of my old posts and updated it, so here!

💕 Personal Favorite

💀 Scary Content

👧 Female Protagonist

✨ Important to the genre’s history

📚 Tricky for new players, look up controls or a walkthrough to get started

❕  Difficult

👿 Potential insensitive content

The Colonel’s Bequest (1989) $5.99 💕✨👧💀❕📚

“It is the year 1925, and the roaring '20s are well underway. As Laura Bow, young college student, you've been invited to visit the Colonel's isolated estate. Watch as the Colonel announces his intention to bequeath his millions to all present!”

The classic Sierra murder mystery game, developed by the mother of the genre Roberta Williams. Laura Bow is a sorely overlooked female protagonist. The game works by navigating Laura and typing in commands, kinda of tricky at first. Tons of game overs are a hallmark of a Sierra adventure game so save often! If you play the GOG.com version you get the benefit of autosaves. This game runs a timer, the events of the night will unfold with or without you so stay on your toes and keep moving! The game can be found for free here, but imo the $5.99 is worth it for the easy of access.

The Dagger of Amon-Ra (1992) $5.99 👧✨❕📚👿💀

“Laura Bow, intrepid heroine of The Colonel's Bequest, is back! This time she's trapped in a huge, imposing museum in the dead of night, surrounded by socialites, miscreants, thieves...and a cold, relentless murderer.“

Roberta Williams is back! Iconic game, iconic heroine. It’s still a Sierra game so like TCB there are tons of (iconic) game overs, so save often. Solving puzzles in this one gives me a great serotonin rush. Unfortunately, this game has some racism issues, particularly with the characters Lo Fat and Ramses. While an important game in the genre take it with a huge grain of salt and maybe turn of the (kind of awful) voice acting and enable text-only mode and you’ll avoid some awful accents.

Sam & Max: Hit the Road (1993) $5.99 💕✨

“Sam (a canine shamus) and Max (a hyperkinetic rabbity thing) are hot on the trail of a runaway carnival bigfoot across America’s quirky underbelly in this deranged animated adventure!“

Sam & Max are truly my favorite characters in all of fiction. I have the box art to this game as my phone case. I have Sam & Max action figures, a plush Max on my bed, a print edition of Sam & Max Freeland Police Special #1 framed on my wall. From comics, to games, to cartoons I love these guys. Sam & Max: Hit the Road is a classic of the Lucasarts adventure games. That being said, it’s the least user-friendly of the Sam & Max adventure games and the slowest. I still love it to bits and it’s important to the genre’s history imo.  

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993) $5.99 💕💀👿

“The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul. He must now face countless dangers in New Orleans, Africa and Germany, each bringing him ever closer to unraveling the mystery behind suspicious voodoo murders. Haunted by nightmares, he won't give up until he reveals the truth. “

Another Sierra game directed by a woman, Jane Jenson. Gabriel Knight, voiced by Tim Curry, is one of my favorite adventure game protagonists of all time. This game is scary and gory so enter at your own risk! I love the gameplay in this one, I love the narrator, I love the puzzles. But it seems Sierra games have some problems with the representation of minorities. The game is set in New Orleans and focuses on a voodoo cult. Which means consequently the game's major antagonists are all black. Unlike the Dagger of Amon Ra, Sins of the Fathers actually employed black actors to play black characters. There’s a lot to be said about the ways in which white media demonizes voodoo and those who practice it. If you play this one, remain critical. And for the love of god, don’t play the 20th anniversary version.

Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (1993/2016) $14.99 ✨👧❕

“Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is a mind-bending, time travel, cartoon puzzle adventure game in which three unlikely friends work together to prevent an evil mutated purple tentacle from taking over the world!“

Another classic LucasArts game! This was the first game co-headed by Tim Schaffer who would go on to make the outstanding Grim Fandango! This one is exceedingly wacky and the remastered version has made it more user-friendly than ever.

Toonstruck (1996) $9.99 💕

“Drew Blanc is a cartoon animator and the original creator of the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show.. Drew's boss, Sam Schmaltz, sets him the task of designing more bunnies to co-star in the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show by the next morning. However, the depressed animator soon nods off, suffering from acute artist's block. He wakes early the next morning to inexplicably find his television switched on, announcing the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show. Suddenly, Drew is mysteriously drawn into the television screen and transported to an idyllic two-dimensional cartoon world populated by his own creations, among many other cartoon characters.“

If you’re a fan of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? you’ll love this. Christopher Lloyd is Drew Blanc (ha) trying to save a cartoon world through inventory item puzzles. Truly wacky, zany, and ani-mainy. I played Toontown as a kid so I’m predisposed to like this one. This is also the only game with Full Motion Video I’m putting on the list because FMV games can be an acquired taste.

Grim Fandango (1996/2015) $14.99 💕✨

“Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that threatens his very salvation.“

Yesssssssss! I LOVE Grim Fandango! The iconic game directed by Tim Schaffer has received the best remaster I’ve seen a point n’ click receive. I cannot recommend Grim Fandango enough! Stick with it through the forest section, trust me.

The Last Express (1997) $5.99 ❕ 📚

“Paris, 1914. The world is on the brink of war and this train could push it over the edge. You are Robert Cath, a young American urgently summoned by your old friend Tyler Whitney to join him aboard the Paris-Constantinople express, departing from the Gare de l'Est on July 24th. Arriving late, you discover something has gone terribly wrong. Now you must untangle a complex web of political intrigue, suspense, romance, and betrayal. Every move you make could bring you closer to the truth or your own demise. Bon voyage! “

Ooooh I love a murder on a train! This game features rotoscope animation, which I love. Like The Colonel’s Bequest this game runs in real time, meaning the events of the game will unfold with or without you, depending on where you are at what time you’ll receive different information or see/miss different events. Very replayable with several different outcomes.

Sam & Max Save the World (Remastered) $19.99 💕

“ Sam is a six-foot canine detective with a love of justice. Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing with a taste for mayhem. Together, they're the Freelance Police. And they're about to save the world.”

Sam & Max Save the World, originally released in episodes from 2006-2008 has been remastered and looks AMAZING! After LucasArts was shut down their game devs formed Tell Tale Games and produced three seasons of Sam & Max sequel games, all of which are great. But TellTale was shut down (and screwed over their employees) in 2018. Since then some of their devs have formed Skunkape Games and are currently remastering all of Tell Tale’s Sam & Max series (I’m thrilled). They’ve also adjusted some aspects of the game to make the game more inclusive and less **offensive. So imo it’s worth it to wait for the release of the other seasons to experience Sam & Max in pristine condition. Save the World is the only season out now, but you can get the non-remastered versions of Beyond Time and Space, and In The Devil’s Playhouse, here and here.

 **I should note the “offensive” material in the original is not as egregious as say, The Dagger of Amon-Ra, but it’s just a nice change to see especially in a game I hold dear.

Emerald City Confidential (2009) $9.99 👧

“Explore the underbelly of Oz as Emerald City's most cunning detective! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included! This is Oz as you've never seen it before! Solve the mystery and unravel a conspiracy of magic and intrigue! Follow a case through five chapters full of puzzles, witnesses, suspects, and allies in this twist on a timeless classic! “

We’re moving out of the 1990s now. Emerald City Confidential is the Wizard of Oz meets film noir. I played this as 13 year old and have revisited it as an adult and I still eat it up. Wadjet Eye makes consistently good adventure games so check this one out!

The Blackwell Series (2006) $14.99 💕👧

“Meet Rosangela Blackwell, an embittered writer who just found out that she is a medium and that it’s her mission, whether she likes it or not, to assist tormented spirits and investigate other supernatural goings-on. She is assisted by the sardonic Joey Mallone, a ghost from the 1930s.”

Another Wadjet Eye game! I’ve seen these games recommended amoungst the Clue Crew before and I’ll just throw my own endorsement on the pile. Yeah I’m in love with Joey Mallone. What about it?

The Charnel House Trilogy (2015) $5.99 👧💀

“Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre.”

Plays like Blackwell, has a Blackwell reference at the beginning, okay you got me. This is a good, if kinda short, game. It’s very creepy, involves murder and has some gore/violence so watch out! I’m still waiting on the sequel Owl Cave!

Thimbleweed Park (2017) $19.99 👧

“A haunted hotel, an abandoned circus, a burnt-out pillow factory, a dead body pixelating under the bridge, toilets that run on vacuum tubes... you’ve never visited a place like this before.“

Made by Ron Gilbert and  Gary Winnick the creators of the classic games Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island Thimbleweed Park is a love letter to the classics of the point and click adventure genre. Features 5 different playable characters, ala Maniac Mansion, who and how many you play is up to you! This one also has stand alone DLCs!

Unavowed (2018) $14.99 👧

“ A demon possessed you one year ago. Since that day, you unwillingly tore a trail of bloodshed through New York City. Your salvation comes in the form of the Unavowed – an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil.”

Okay I haven’t actually played this one, but I want to. Its a Wadjet Eye so you know it’s good. From the reviews I’ve seen this is the Blackwell Series meets Dragon Age. A point and click that incorporates RPG elements, I love that.

I also have a love of the more, strange, and unusual adventure games that I can't necessarily recommend with good conscience. So if you want bizarre 90s and early 2000s games of dubious quality hit me up.

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A persona for the Art Void has been made. Introducing Xenon Nanimo, a robotic maned wolf. (Feat. @dreamy-nebula’s character Nick as a red panda.)

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Dance Magazine Article: The Black Iris Project Is Making Black Story Ballets by Black Artists & for Black Audiences

Date: July 17, 2020

By: Jen Peters

As a Black ballet student, choreographer Jeremy McQueen never felt personally connected to story ballets, much less saw himself represented onstage. Later, as a public school teaching artist for American Ballet Theatre and The Ailey School, McQueen witnessed widespread disinterest in ballet among his students from BIPOC communities. "Working with a diverse demographic, I saw more interest when I was able to connect ballet to their own lives," says McQueen.

During the country's ongoing battle for racial equality, ballet companies have been called upon to increase commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion work within schools, companies, administrative staffs and boards. But rather than wait for fulfilling opportunities, McQueen founded his own collaborative, The Black Iris Project, in 2016. As McQueen states on the collective's website, The Black Iris Project is "where Black lives become works of art."

His 2018 solo, A Mother's Rite, particularly resonates now, as it follows a mother's grief after her son's murder, drawing from ongoing police brutality. The film adaptation featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artist Courtney Celeste Spears received an Emmy Award nomination. "I tell stories that outline the Black experience, something I had never seen in ballet," says McQueen.

In addition to a revolving collaborative of Black ballet dancers from companies including ABT, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Brooklyn Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Hispanico, New York City Ballet, LA Dance Project and San Francisco Ballet, McQueen works with Black lighting designers, playwrights, poets, costume designers, composers and visual artists. 

"I don't create work for the white gaze, I create for my community so they can see their histories and lives reflected onstage. We amplify voices historically left out," explains McQueen. "It feels like many people think classical ballet should remain untouchable—like all the monuments coming down in our country—but the only way to involve a more diverse community is to shake up the entire experience."

McQueen has become increasingly outspoken against institutional racism and microaggressions in the dance community, posting his "Rockettes Revelation" on June 5, announcing his decision to cut professional ties with the organization due to their "public silence in support of Black lives" following the murder of George Floyd.

He also acknowledges frustrations as the recipient of The Joffrey Ballet's 2013 "Winning Works" Choreographers of Color award, citing minimal mentorship or support. "If companies have diversity initiatives but few or no Black people on staff, it feels performative," says McQueen.

To commemorate the anti-apartheid activist and first Black South African president Nelson Mandela's posthumous 102nd birthday this Saturday, July 18, BronxNet TV will televise the Black Iris Project's ballet based on Mandela's life, MADIBA. The one-act narrative ballet was choreographed by McQueen and features David Adrian Freeland Jr. as Mandela and Daphne M. Lee as Winnie Mandela, with an original composition by Black composer Carman Moore.

Originally performed at New York Live Arts for the collective's 2016 inaugural season, the ballet was curated by Misty Copeland during The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2017 Ballet Across America festival. "Along the way there were many people who doubted me, but when Misty took interest before anyone knew what The Black Iris Project was, it restored my faith," McQueen says. "It seems like it takes receiving a big award for people to give Black choreographers a chance. We need people to take more chances on less guaranteed talent."

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GD Scavenger Hunt Module 1

Lauren Freeland

Run Chicago Brick Floor Design: Creative visual additive to the plain flooring throughout the Nike store in Chicago. The lettering and styles embraces a brick like design almost breaking through the floor of the store. The colors draw the shopper’s eye and makes you think about the sport and city.

MoCP Window Logo: The Museum of Contemporary Photography utilizes a window to give directions and advertise their museum on the street side. The logo is designed to be simple, easy to read, clean-cut, and contrasting. It looks professional and draws the attention of someone walking down the street in Chicago.

Graphic T Shirt: This t shirt drew my attention, enough that I wanted a picture of it. The white fabric and black font contrast greatly and create a clean and simple look. The lettering is left centered and all lowercase - it catches a shopper’s eye and does a good job of sending a powerful message.

Bookstore Sign: This beautifully done sign advertising a bookshop on the street demonstrates marketing towards a specific feeling cultivated. Bookstores want to create a strange, cozy, exciting, and unique experience for visitors, and this sign is a little tease of that - inviting the passerby inside. The colors and design draw attention and make you stop and read.

Nike Logo Sign: This giant neon wall piece inside of the Nike store in Chicago is an exciting and large art piece that dozens of shoppers were stopping to get their picture in front of. The design, colors, size, and lack of light around the lettering creates an electric feel and invites the shopper up to the next level of Nike clothing. It doubles as advertising for the brand when people stop to take a picture with it, too.

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TRANSMISSIONS

www.twitch.tv/transmissions2020

Our collective isolation highlights that all forms of community are now more important than ever, and it is vital that we find mechanisms to support each other through this precarious time. In this extraordinary landscape that we have found ourselves in, it is clear that many artists, writers and thinkers are having exhibitions, opportunities and subsequent fees cancelled for the foreseeable future. In response to this, we are establishing a new project called TRANSMISSIONS. This is an online platform which will commission artists to share their work within a classic DIY TV show format.

Episode 1

| 23 April | 9PM GMT

REPLAY | 24 April | 9AM GMT

w/ Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg / Bruce Bickford / CAConrad / Salvador Dali / Brice Dellsperger / Tessa Hughes-Freeland / Juliet Jacques / Sam Keogh / Jiji Kim / Quinn Latimer / Mark Leckey / Kalup Linzy / Sade Mica / Laure Prouvost / Christopher Soto / Patrick Staff / The Cockettes / TV Party / Unarius Academy of Science / Su Hui- Yu –  Curated by Anne Duffau, Hana Noorali & Tai Shani Episode 2 | 30 April | 9PM GMT REPLAY | 1 May | 9AM GMT w/ Sophie Jung Episode 3 | 7 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY | 8 May | 9AM GMT w/ Tarek Lakhrissi – Your world is already ending Episode 4 | 14 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY |  15 May | 9AM GMT w/ Johanna Hedva – Tom Cruise Studies with expert guests Vivian Ia and Matthew Miller Episode 5 | 21 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY |  22 May | 9AM GMT w/ STRAWBERRY JAM:  A LITERARY HOUR with Mykki Blanco Episode 6 | 28 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY |  29 May | 9AM GMT w/ CAConrad with invited poets

Season 1 of TRANSMISSIONS will run as six weekly episodes screening every Thursday at 9 pm GMT and repeated on Fridays at 9 am GMT on Twitch. The 1st episode will air on the 23rd of April 2020 which will be curated by Anne Duffau, Tai Shani and Hana Noorali. The subsequent five episodes will be hosted by invited artists.  Each artist included in TRANSMISSIONS will be paid a fee in return for their contribution. With a sense of community, all the money used to pay artists in season 1 has been kindly donated by established UK art institutions and commercially stable artists.

Season 1 is funded and supported by, Artquest+DACS, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Studio Oscar Murillo, Somerset House Studios and Wysing Arts Centre.

  Episode 1 |  23 April | 9PM GMT

REPLAY | 24 April | 9AM GMT

w/ Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg / Bruce Bickford / CAConrad / Salvador Dali / Brice Dellsperger / Tessa Hughes-Freeland / Juliet Jacques / Sam Keogh / Jiji Kim / Quinn Latimer / Mark Leckey / Kalup Linzy / Sade Mica / Laure Prouvost / Christopher Soto / Patrick Staff / The Cockettes / TV Party / Unarius Academy of Science / Su Hui- Yu –  Curated by Anne Duffau, Hana Noorali & Tai Shani

Episode 2 | 30 April | 9PM GMT REPLAY | 1 May | 9AM GMT w/ Sophie Jung

Sophie Jung, The Bigger Sleep, 2019 courtesy the artist and Kunstmuseum Basel. Photo: Julian Salinas

Working across text, sculpture and performance, Sophie Jung’s work navigates the politics of re/er/re/presentation and challenges the reductive desire to conclude. Her texts unfocus on blurring scripted hegemonies and tap, hop, stammer and stumble over and across languaged powers. She employs humour, shame, the absurd, raw anger, rhythm and rhyme, slapstick, hardship, friendship and a constant stream of slippages. Her sculptural work consists of bodies made up of both found and haphazardly produced attributes and defines itself against the dogma of an Original Idea or a Universal Significance. Instead it stands as a network of abiding incompletion, an ever-changing choir of urgencies and pleasures, traumas and manifestations that communally relay between dominant and minor themes. Sophie Jung is invested in triggering a de-categorising of concepts and a deconceptualisation of categories and understands her approach to “stuff” – both legible utensil and metaphoric apparition – as an uncertain queering slash querying of historical materialism. Sophie Jung (lives and works in Basel and London) received a BFA from the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, and a MFA from Goldsmiths, London. Recent projects and exhibitions include Sincerity Condition at Casino Luxembourg, Woman Standing at The National Gallery, Prague, Taxpayer’s Money for Frieze LIVE; Dramatis Personaea at JOAN, Los Angeles; The Bigger Sleep at Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart and Block Universe, London; Come Fresh Hell or Fresh High Water at Blain Southern, London; Producing My Credentials at Kunstraum London and Paramount VS Tantamount at Kunsthalle Basel. She is currently working on solo exhibitions at E.A. Shared Space, Istituto Svizzero in Milan and Galerie Joseph Tang in Paris and works as a guest mentor at Institut Kunst, Basel.

Episode 3

| 7 May | 9PM GMT

REPLAY | 8 May | 9AM GMT

w/ Tarek Lakhrissi

– Your world is already ending

Tarek Lakhrissi is a visual artist and a poet based in Paris. His works have been exhibited in Auto Italia South East (London, UK), Hayward Gallery (London, UK), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, AU), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France), Grand Palais - FIAC (Paris, FR), Lafayette Anticipations (Paris, FR), CRAC Alsace (Altkirch, FR), Artexte (Montreal, CA), Šiuolaikinio meno centras/CAC (Vilnius, LT), Espace Arlaud (Lausanne, CH), among others. He is a featured artist in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney NIRIN (2020).

Episode 4 | 14 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY |  15 May | 9AM GMT w/ Johanna Hedva – Tom Cruise Studies with expert guests Vivian Ia and Matthew Miller

Tom Cruise Studies is a meander of curiosity. There is no driving inquiry other than the question, "What's, like, up with Tom Cruise?" Hedva considers the various roles Cruise has played onscreen and in public, from religious zealot, to cocky upstart, to a man oppressed by his own masculinity, to couch-jumping love-nut, to an exiled actor who clawed his way back into Hollywood via a maniacal obsession with doing death-certain stunts. Joined by two expert guests, Hedva and Vivian Ia will consider the astrology charts of Cruise and L. Ron Hubbard, while Matthew Miller will share his theory that the Mission Impossible franchise is Cruise's vehicle for making public apologies to his ex-wife, Katie Holmes.

Johanna Hedva is a Korean-American writer, artist, musician, and astrologer, who was raised in Los Angeles by a family of witches, and now lives in LA and Berlin. Hedva is the author of the novel, On Hell. Their collection of poems, performances, and essays, Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain, will be published in September 2020. Their essay, "Sick Woman Theory," published in Mask in 2016, has been translated into six languages, and their writing has appeared in Triple Canopy, frieze, The White Review, and Asian American Literary Review. Their work has been shown at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Performance Space New York, the LA Architecture and Design Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art on the Moon, as well as featured in parrhesiades. Their album, The Sun and the Moon, was released in March 2019, and they’re currently touring Black Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House, a doom metal guitar and voice performance influenced by Korean shamanist ritual.  

Vivian Ia lives in Berlin. Their poetry is Pushcart-nominated and has appeared or is forthcoming in Bone Bouquet, Tiny Seed, The Gravity of the Thing, Fourteen Hills, and Berkeley Poetry Review.

Matthew Miller is a video director from Sacramento, California. He works in both live-action and animation to create short films and commercial projects. In the last four years, he’s directed a series of short films for The Getty Museum with artists and authors such as Ellsworth Kelly, Yo-Yo Ma, Mary Beard, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Ed Ruscha. He is currently in quarantine with his wife and Snoopy-esque dog, Millie, in Hawaiian Gardens, California, where he has been dividing his time between starting a garden and collecting ideas for a film project.

Episode 5

| 21 May | 9PM GMT

REPLAY |  22 May | 9AM GMT

w/ STRAWBERRY JAM:  A LITERARY HOUR with

Mykki Blanco

Join musician Mykki Blanco for an hour of music and poetry readings. Spoken word, lyrical breakdowns, a presentation on two  20th century American literary figures Bob Kaufman & Mina Loy as well as a first time listen to new unreleased musical project.

Episode 6 | 28 May | 9PM GMT REPLAY |  29 May | 9AM GMT w/ CAConrad with invited poets

CAConrad's latest book JUPITER ALIGNMENT: (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals, is forthcoming from Ignota Books in 2020. The author of 9 books of poetry and essays, While Standing in Line for Death (Wave Books), won the 2018 Lambda Book Award. They also received a 2019 Creative Capital grant as well as a Pew Fellowship, the Believer Magazine Book Award, and the Gil Ott Book Award. They regularly teach at Columbia University in New York City, and Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. Please view their books, essays, recordings, and the documentary The Book of Conrad (Delinquent Films) online at http://bit.ly/88CAConrad

"CAConrad's poems invite the reader to become an agent in a joint act of recovery, to step outside of passivity and propriety and to become susceptible to the illogical and the mysterious." ---Tracy K. Smith, New York Times.

Thank you to:

All contributing artists, writers, poets, composers and thinkers; Maxwell Sterling; Adam Sinclair; Lori E. Allen; Artsquest. An artist-run programme that uses research about visual artists’ working conditions to provide support for professional artists; DACS; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; Studio Oscar Murillo; Somerset House Studios; Wysing Arts Centre; Cabinet Gallery; Lisson Gallery & Max Bossier

https://www.twitch.tv/transmissions2020

@transmissions2020

TRANSMISSIONS collective is composed of:

Anne Duffau

is a cultural producer, researcher, and founder of A---Z, an exploratory/nomadic curatorial platform exploring artistic practices and knowledge exchange through collaborations, presentations, soundscapes, screenings and discussions. She has collaborated with a range of projects and organisations including ArtLicks, Southwark Park Galleries, Mimosa House and Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London Please Stand By, or-bits .com, PAF Olomouc Czech Republic & Tenderflix. Anne has previously run the StudioRCA Riverlight, London programme (2016-2018) and is currently the interim curator at Wysing Arts Center, a Tutor at the School of Arts and Humanities, and is the acting Lead in Critical Practice, within the Royal College of Art’s Contemporary Art Practice Programme. She has performed live music under Alpha through a number of projects and collaborations.

Hana Noorali

is an independent curator and writer based in London. In 2019 she was selected (together with Lynton Talbot) to realise an exhibition at The David Roberts Foundation as part of their annual curator’s series. She curated Lisson Presents at Lisson Gallery, London from 2017-2018 and from 2017 -2019, produced and presented the podcast series Lisson ON AIR. In 2018 Hana edited a monograph on the work of artist and Benedictine Monk, Dom Sylvester Houédard. Its release coincided with an exhibition of his work at Lisson Gallery, New York that she co-curated with Matt O’Dell. In 2007, she co-founded a non-profit project space and curatorial collective called RUN active until 2011. In 2020 Hana and her curatorial partner Lynton Talbot will be publishing an anthology that examines the intersection of poetry and film with (p) (prototype).

Tai Shani

is an artist living and working in London. She is the joint 2019 Turner Prize winner together with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Oscar Murillo. In 2019 Tai was a Max Mara prize nominee. Her work has been shown at Turner Contemporary, UK (2019); Grazer Kunst Verein, Austria (2019); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy (2019); Glasgow International, UK (2018); Wysing Arts Centre, UK (2017); Serpentine Galleries, London (2016); Tate, London (2016); Yvonne Lambert Gallery, Berlin (2016) and Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2016).

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LA / MATERIAL GIRLS: Palms

PALMS presented by MATERIAL GIRLS March 16 - April 7, 2019 opening reception March 16, 7-10pm

MATERIAL GIRLS is pleased to present Palms, the collective’s first show in LA featuring small sculptures by 15 artists. It is an established social contract that one is permitted to “look but not touch” art objects. Palms invites visitors to temporarily transgress this boundary- allowing them to touch, hold, and move the objects within the context of the exhibition. The works rest on a large curvilinear plywood platform that re-directs the automatic choreography of art viewership. Instead of left to right, front to back, viewers will be encouraged to slowly wind through space. With this direct tactile understanding of the work, and a constantly changing “curation” depending on interaction, visitors are entrusted with an art viewing experience that is both fluid and communal.

Each artist was asked to present an object holding boundaries and touch in mind. These considerations emerge from the MATERIAL GIRLS’ broader interest in tactility and bodily awareness of space as a feminist undertaking. In preparation for this exhibition, the participating artists contributed writings and images to a zine, Fronds, that is available to read and purchase at the exhibition.

Palms features the work of:

Yesenia Bello Cameron Cameron Cara Chan Jisoo Chung Devra Freelander Hilliary Gabryel Julieta Gil Ling-lin Ku Claire Lachow Gracelee Lawrence Amelia Lockwood Ofelia Marquez Nina Sarnelle Rachael Starbuck Amia Yokoyama Rachel Youn

MATERIAL GIRLS is a feminist collective of sculptors and digital artists formed in 2016. Founded by Cameron Cameron, Devra Freelander, Hilliary Gabryel, Claire Lachow, Gracelee Lawrence and Rachael Starbuck, MATERIAL GIRLS organized to create a space for emerging, under-represented artists and thinkers in the patriarchal art world. They are committed to making and sharing work, fostering conversation, and supporting one another through their practice. While each member of MATERIAL GIRLS retains a vibrant and active independent studio practice, they come together to collaborate on site-specific installations and projects. MATERIAL GIRLS has co-authored immersive installations, organized exhibitions, and exhibited works at Random Access Gallery (Syracuse, NY); SPRING/BREAK Art Show (New York, NY); SVA Curatorial Practices (Brooklyn, NY); ALT ESC: No Vacancy 3 (Brooklyn, NY); Trestle Projects (Brooklyn, NY); the Church Troy (Troy, NY); the Museum of Human Achievement (Austin, TX); and Sadie Halie Projects (Minneapolis, MN.) materialgirls.work @material.grls

Biographies Yesenia Bello is an artist and arts administrator living in Chicago, IL. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016). Her practice stems from lived experiences as a first generation Mexican-American, retracing sensations that arise from slowly losing her native tongue. Her work has been presented locally at places like 6018 North, The Overlook Place, DfbrL8r Gallery, and Chicago Artists Coalition, where she participated in HATCH Projects (2016-2017). Between 2011-2016 she was co-organizer of Walla Fest, a volunteer run gathering around the Philadelphia area. yeseniabello.com @yeseniabello

Cameron Cameron lives in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014, attended Virginia Commonwealth University Summer Studio Program in 2015 and received an MFA from UCLA in 2018. Cameron uses sculptural interventions to compensate for generic imagery, and questions how the mundane may represent the feeling of loss or longing around the disorder of the day-to-day. She has participated in Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Ox-Bow School of Art, Grin City Collective Residency, and the Art Students League of New York. cameron-cameron.com @winter_shorts

Cara Chan lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.  Chan creates large-scale architectural and body-based sculpture often involving gestural interaction and exchange. She received her BFA from New York University (2009) and her MFA from University of California, Los Angeles (2017), and has been an artist in residence at Banff Center for the Arts, ACRE Projects, Vermont Studio Center, Ox-bow School of Art, Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop, and Lighthouse. cara-chan.com  @caraachan

Jisoo Chung is an LA-based multi-disciplinary artist working primarily through video, photo, enactment, and installation. Chung’s work pays attention to the failures that we encounter in our daily lives such as failure of communication and translation, failure of exhibiting, and currently more focusing on the failure of daily-based technology. Exhibitions and screenings include Los Angeles; 1748 adams, Socal MFA juried exhibition, Pomona, Seoul; Screening Project: Dongshi Sangyoung, Museum CICA, Gallery Aloq Episode. Chung received a BFA from Seoul National University, and is currently an MFA candidate at UCLA. chungjisoo.com @jigu.nee

Devra Freelander is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her work explores geology and climate change from a millenial and ecofeminist perspective. Freelander received her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and her BA from Oberlin College. She is a founding member of MATERIAL GIRLS, and has participated in the Women’s Studio Workshop Residency (2018),  Arctic Circle Residency (2017), Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship (2017), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency (2016-2017), and the Virginia Commonwealth University Summer Studio Program (2013). She is represented by CIRCA Gallery. devrafreelander.com @devrafreelander

Hilliary Gabryel lives and works in Queens, NY. Her work is aspirational, echoing the immediacy of the consumerist market and commenting on luxury and feminine expectations. She received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a founding member of MATERIAL GIRLS and co-founder of the interdisciplinary Ridgewood, Queens project space ERA VI VII VI (2014-2016). Her work has been shown in New York, NY; Austin, TX; Minnesota, MN; Richmond, VA. Residencies & awards include the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, the Wassaic Project, ASMBLY Session #1, and VCU Summer Studio Program. hkgabryel.com @hilliarygabryel

Julieta Gil lives and works between Los Angeles and Mexico City. She holds an MFA in Media Arts from UCLA. Her creative research incorporates installation, sculpture, 3D animation and print to explore topics of simulation, and the overlappings that occur between the virtual and physical. She was a grant recipient of Mexico’s National Fund for Culture and the Arts (2015–2016) and co-founder of FEMMEBIT, an experimental video festival held in Los Angeles. She has exhibited in spaces such as Laboratorio de Arte Alameda, Anchorage Museum, Nevada Museum of Art, National Museum of Art (Mexico City), Future Gallery, Human Resources and Zuecca Projects. julietagil.com @julietagilg

Ling-lin Ku is a Taiwan born, U.S. based artist currently living and working in Austin, Texas. Her sculpture and installation work explores language, everyday life, play and fetish through diverse materials and digital fabrication. Ku was selected to participate in the International Studio and Curatorial Program and Vermont Studio Center, and her work has been exhibited throughout the US. She is currently an MFA candidate in the University of Texas at Austin’s Sculpture and Extended Media program, and an art columnist for KUROSHIO FOCUS online media. linglinku.com @linglin_ku

Claire Lachow is an artist & writer whose work exists between physical and digital environments, fixating on the cultural and political predicaments of commodification, desire, language, and identity. She is the recipient of a 2019 Red Bull Arts Detroit residency & fellowship. Selected exhibitions include the Governors Island Art Fair, Super Dutchess, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Local Host Gallery, and Schema Projects. Lachow received a BA from Oberlin College and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. clairelachow.com @clayore

Gracelee Lawrence recently returned from Thailand where she was a visiting artist at Chiang Mai University. She received her MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016 and her BA in Sculpture from Guilford College in 2011. She is a co-founder of Pig and Pony Gallery and a contributing writer for the International Sculpture Center Blog. She has shown work internationally and was a 2016–17 Luce Scholars Fellow, a recipient of the 2015 UMLAUF Prize, the 2013 Eyes Got It Prize, and the 2011-12 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Grant. graceleelawrence.com @gleeleelawlee

Amelia Lockwood is a visual artist whose use of ceramic processes privileges trace, error, mutation and collapse. Lockwood received her BFA from Syracuse University (2012), completed post-bac studies at University of Colorado, Boulder (2016), and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles. @amiamia

Ofelia Marquez is a first generation Mexican- American artist based in Los Angeles. She received her MFA in sculpture at UCLA and is currently an art restorer at Aleksei Tivetskys Art Restoration and Conservation studio. Ofelia Marquez has recently exhibited at: Human Resources, The Mistake Room, Anonymous Gallery, New Wight Gallery, the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Avenue 50, and REDCAT. ofeart.wixsite.com @ofemarquez

Nina Sarnelle is an artist and musician with a BA from Oberlin College and MFA from Carnegie Mellon University.  A founding member of the Institute for New Feeling and dadpranks, she’s recently shown work at Whitechapel Gallery, Hammer Museum, Getty Center, Ballroom Marfa, MoMA, Istanbul Modern, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, NADA Miami, MAAT (Lisbon), Fundacion PROA (Buenos Aires), Black Cube (Denver), Southern Exposure (San Francisco), Recess (NY), Akademie Schloss Solitude, UNSW Galleries (Sydney), Project 88 (Mumbai), Villa Croce Contemporary (Genova), CCA Santa Fe, MWoods (Beijing), and MoCA Cleveland. ninasarnelle.com @ninasarnelle

Rachael Starbuck is currently living and working in Austin, TX. She received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017 and her BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. She is co-founder of curatorial collective Partial Shade. She has been a resident at ACRE Projects, The Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside, The Wassaic Project and The Vermont Studio Center and has shown work in Richmond, VA; Providence, RI; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Houston, TX; New York, NY; and London, UK. rachaelstarbuck.com @starbuckra

Amia Yokoyama grew up in Illinois, in a bi-lingual, bi-cultural, bi-racial, bi-religious household. This experience of the world carries her. Amia is a multi-media artist who works with experimental animation, video, 2D mixed media, and installation. Amia dropped out of University of British Columbia for her B.Sci in Sustainable Development, and received a BA from New York University in 2010, and an MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts in 2017. She has received fellowships from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Women in the Media, and United Plankton Charitable Trust. amiayokoyama.com @iamamia

Rachel Youn is an artist living and working in St. Louis, MO. They use sculpture and new media to poke fun at hierarchal narratives embedded in objects and lifestyles. Sourcing from home furnishing stores and oriental goods peddled on craigslist, their work collapses notions of authenticity and artifice through the lens of identity. They received their BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 and has exhibited at the Sheldon Art Galleries, Parapet Real Humans, the Millitzer Gallery, the Luminary and Flood Plain, the Bermuda Project, and Open House. They are a recipient of the Regional Arts Commission Artist Support Grant and the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship. rachelyoun.com @rachelyoun