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Performance by the Foulbrood Orchestra

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John Roach, Thessia Machado, and Ranjit Bhatnagar perform with unconventional instruments to evoke life within a beehive. The audience will be led on a sonic exploration through a number of remarkable spaces in the iconic 1919 Brooklyn Army Terminal, culminating in the reverberant 18,000-square-foot Dark Space.

Arrive early to explore the exhibition ‘Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care’, sample a honey-based beverage, purchase some extraordinary honey-confections by B-Line Ice Cream (while supplies last), and receive a special bee-themed door prize!

ALIVE / DEAD | Projection Mapping Meditations + Pop UP

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How do the ways we care for biological life change between their living, semi-living and non-living states? from birth to death? across industries as a source of information and material? in public and private conversation?

‘Meditations’’ brings these questions to life by projection-mapping hand-painted text originally printed on an upcycled military uniform. Scrolling text spills from the ceiling through the headless and handless figure into a pool of words melting through the floor. Join Elaine Young | STUDIOPHORIA for an artist talk. Deep dive into: why Faust, Icarus, Prometheus and Essay on Blindness appear on capsules of her DNA; and how all the ways the act of breathing was portrayed in the media during covid inspired her latest fashion collection - which launches today, the first day of the Year of the Dragon. Happy Lunar New Year! Come through to shop the pop-up!

Brewing Serenity: A Tea Ceremony in Shihori Yamamoto's Womb Installation, with Tea Arts & Culture

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Experience a unique fusion of traditional tea culture and contemporary art. This event invites guests to sit in Yamamoto’s “womb sanctuary” and be enveloped by radial drawings cascading from the dome's apex while bathing in the sound of the artist’s recorded heartbeat emanating from outside the tent walls. This auditory experience is paired with soft lights which pulse, synchronized with the recording of heartbeat. As you sit in the tent, the rhythmic heart-lights filter through the womb’s walls creating a nurturing, immersive ambiance.

This installation not only artistically represents our universally shared, biological beginnings inside a womb, but also seeks to unify humanity’s experience in a shared, introspective space. Yamamoto's installation is a "psychological refugee tent" for participants. Join us for this intimate, transformative tea ceremony, and for a dialogue between the tranquility of tea arts and the profound message of human connection conveyed through Shihori Yamamoto's work.

Robotic Painting Performance by Karen Ingram & OpenTrons

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As part of her “Biogenetic Blooms” yeast painting collaborations, Karen Ingram will make living art using a liquid handling robot, the Opentrons OT-2. The OT-2 will be deployed to make imagery with tiny droplets of genetically modified yeast on agar. The yeast will bloom into colorful, living art. Stop by the artspace to see completed living artworks, and to see the robot in the act of producing a painting.

Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care: Opening Reception

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Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care serves as a nexus of art, biology, technology, and ethics, raising the essential question: How can the concept of “care” extend beyond the human sphere? By inviting viewers to see care as a dynamic force that sustains and nurtures all beings, this curation encourages us to break free of the hierarchical limitations often associated with the term.

"Embodied futures," as conceptualized within this exhibition, refers to a future where bodies, ecologies, and technologies merge. The artists challenge us to imagine a world where “care” becomes an inherent part of the fabric of existence, inspiring empathy and reciprocity across species and ecosystems.

Exhibition Dates

October 14, 2023 – March 2, 2024

Curated by

Elena Soterakis & Eve Barro

Exhibiting Artists

Aradhita Ajaykumar Parasrampuria, Katie Hubbell, Elaine Young, Karen Ingram, Laura Kung, Juyon Lee, Lolo Ostia, John Roach, Iz Nettere, Shihori Yamamoto, Suzanne Head

Special Thanks to Co-Organizers

Carolyn Hall & Clarinda Mac Low of Genspace, Junho Lee & Katherine Plourde of NARS Foundation, and DB Lampman of Makerspace

This exhibition is made possible by the collaborative efforts of Genspace, NARS Foundation, Makerspace, Sunset Park Open Studios BioBAT Inc., SUNY Downstate, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and the New York Economic Development Corporation.