Curated by Kira Xonorika
Artists:
Lauren Bedal
Jenna Caravello
CHỂ
Chris Combs
Ismael de Anda III & Eugene Ahn
Tielin Ding
Richelle Ellis
Ksti Hu
Kim Kei
Elizabeth Leister
Lineadeluz
Edua Mercedes
Reuben Merringer
Ashton Phillips
Koi Ren & Joey Verbeke
Dylan Ricards
Miller Robinson
Kayla Tange
Ambrose Trataris & Lucy Black
Ayzay Ukwuoma
Erika Weitz
Devin Wilson
METHOD is about technology, ecology, and embodiment. It layers the history of analog and digital processes that shape images and imaginaries, exploring transcultural aspects of language, its role in technoscience and the coloniality embedded in cartographic forms. The artists’ explorations connect seemingly divergent ecosystems, expanding their meaning. Reflections on ecology reimagine the evolution of Earth in conjunction with technological processes, as visualized in digital art, while critically examining the settler logic of taxonomizing species and dividing land to separate lifeworlds. The artworks on technology are informed by the development of artificial intelligence and their ideological roots, such as transhumanism (the techno evolution of the human race) and singularitarianism (when machines hypothetically surpass human intelligence). Through cyberpunk aesthetics that critique techno-fetishism and explore machine memory, technology could be seen as both an echo of the body and a medium for collective subversion. Finally, embodiment explores through queer, Indigenous, and speculatively more-than-human knowledge systems, recognizing the value of differences in configuring a life-centric approach to design. Various methods are employed to understand strategic entanglements and their cyclical feedback loops.
About the Curator
Kira Xonorika is an interdisciplinary artist, author and futurist. Their work explores the connections between sovereignty, technoscience, temporality, world-building and magic. She’s given lectures on her work at multiple universities and conferences across the world, including the University of Cambridge (UK) the Salzburg Global Seminar (Austria) and the World Summit on Arts and Culture (Sweden). She’s exhibited her work internationally and has received awards, fellowships and residencies by Hyundai Artlab, Dreaming Beyond AI, Momus, Eyebeam and Ars Electronica. She’s the creator of the ”Future Memory Lab” South America’s first AI art residency supported by Pro Helvetia.
METHOD will be on view in the gallery through December 6th, 2024 with free public visiting hours Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from 10am to 4:30pm. METHOD opens during OPaf, Other Places art fair, at Angels Gate Cultural Center.
METHOD is made possible with support from the California Natural Resources Agency for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Additional support for the AGCC exhibitions program is provided by the Perenchio Foundation, the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, The Ahmanson Foundation, Norris Foundation, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and Best Start Wilmington.
About Angels Gate Cultural Center
Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) emerged from a group of San Pedro artists in the 1970s that created art studios and exhibition space within the WWII era army barracks of Angels Gate Park near the Port of Los Angeles. Today, AGCC hosts over 50 artist studios in addition to a variety of programs to engage the diverse communities of the Los Angeles Harbor region, including arts education in local schools, community classes, cultural events, and exhibitions of contemporary art. More information about AGCC is available at angelsgateart.org.
