The artwork 'Hunter & Noelle' by Jake Hasapopoulos reflects a fusion of American political and cultural references like Hunter Biden and Noelle Bush's connection to crack addiction juxtaposed with historical events.
Through his art, Jake Hasapopoulos aims to blend religion, spirituality, radical politics, and entertainment to create a new expressive language.
The artist's focus on examining cultural phenomenon, questioning the separation of church and state, and exploring American mythologies shows a deep dive into societal dynamics and beliefs.
Geo-engineering is considered a solution to climate change by some, involving large-scale technological interventions in the earth's ecosystem for capital growth.
Pleistocene Park in Siberia operates to restore pre-human ecosystems, countering climate change by reintroducing large animals like mammoths to reduce permafrost thawing.
The collaboration between COLOSSAL, ALROSA, and GAZPROM has led to innovative ways of creating artificial diamonds using carbon from mammoth carcasses, addressing resource depletion and environmental concerns.
The artist uses painting as a form of escape from overthinking and its burdens, shifting from photography to abstract watercolor to quiet the mind.
The art aims to evoke compassion and challenge societal perceptions, highlighting the need for critical thinking and understanding in a polarized world.
Creation of art is a personal process, not just about sending a message, but about finding solace and respite amidst the noise of life.
Kayla Drzewicki explores the potential of virtual spaces and objects to be performative, focusing on hierarchical relationships within digital environments.
She examines the blurring of relationships like user-programmer, screensaver-video, and fine art-non-art, to create new media and net art works.
Drzewicki uses simple software as a foundation for her performances, emphasizing accessibility and inclusivity in her art.
The artist devirtualizes image-objects, bringing them from a digital space into physical form, blurring the lines between the virtual and real world.
The artwork explores the concept of memetic culture and questions how one can create art in a world where memes may overshadow traditional cultural significance.
These sculptures exist in multiple forms and scales simultaneously, with the facsimile nature of the images sparking curiosity and reflection on the nature of reality and perception.
Do Not Research is an online community and publishing platform that launched a new book in 2022.
The book launch event includes a conversation between Joshua Citarella and Lauren Boyle of DIS about translating artist projects to institutional practices.
DIS, an artist collective dating back to 2010, evolved from _DIS Magazine_ to the streaming platform Dis.art in 2018.