ETHER 2.0
SUCESIVA + LIBERTINE
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Address
Av. Amatlan 37, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México, CDMX
Opening
Thu, Oct 23, 4 - 10pm
On View
Oct 23 - 29
Artist's talk & guided tour:
Sun, Oct 26, 2 - 8pm
Closing:
Wed, Oct 29, 4 - 8pm
Contact: sucesiva.hibrida (at) gmail.com
Participating artists: Adrianne Gojak (DE), Alanna Paxton (AUS), DEB (US), Derrick Bowser (post-US), Doctor Von (US), Distraxxion (DE), Flavio Degen (BER), Julius Bobke (DE), Luke Velten (DE), Mariana Dussel (MX), Kennet Lekko (DE), Kristen Rästas (DE), XAU (MX)
Organised in collaboration with Cromática Gallery.
About
Ether 2.0 is a group show presenting works from international artists based in Berlin, Los Angeles and Mexico; the main concept ether acts as a force of magnetism between interconnectivity with the public and cultural dialogue around the abstract idea of intangible emptiness, technofetichism and film.
Artist's talk and guided tour: Sunday, Oct 26, 2 - 8 pm
Ether 2.0 is a group show presenting works from international artists based in Berlin, Los Angeles and Mexico; the main concept ether acts as a force of magnetism between interconnectivity with the public and cultural dialogue around the abstract idea of intangible emptiness, technofetichism and film. The concept of ether is related to the natural movement of circular patterns and holds a multitude of interpretations, ranging from physical to philosophical theories about this void.
Traditionally, the portrayal of cyber culture and social media in cinema has been extremely negative, showing how it "dehumanizes" and deteriorates real connectivity. In this group exhibition the works explore interactivity showing us the glorious part of virtual spaces, fictional narratives, online forums and the intimate side of watching ourselves on a flat black screen or on a canvas.
Sucesiva
Sucesiva is an itinerant platform with activities within Mexico City since 2021, with an interdisciplinary and self-managed focus. It seeks to be activated through collaboration with artists, project spaces, workshop leaders, and academics. The aim is to generate new explorations and research into emerging contemporary art, reflecting on open and alternative presentations to the traditional exhibition format.
The project proposal consists of a series of activities, including curatorial, solo and group shows, workshops, and discussions, among others. The platform always seeks to adapt to the proposal of each artist/project managed, projecting it to contribute from relational, collective, speculative, and critical perspectives.
Libertine
Libertine is a Gallery, Guild, and Atelier: a unique project in the art world introducing and exploring a network of new concepts and methods–aesthetic, economic, political, analytic and otherwise.
The physical location of the Gallery currently exists in a historic building on Melrose in Hollywood which merges the modernist white cube with the art deco salon of brick fireplaces and fur. Every show at Libertine is a site-specific installation designed by the artist and/or collaborating curator.
The Guild initiates a community of singular creators reprising the original artisan-entrepreneur guilds of the mercantile era. This also revives the methods of Fluxus and other 60s-70s movements exploring new forms of collective and general economy. The Hollywood building houses living quarters and offices for Guild members and visiting artists.
The Atelier expands the Gallery beyond the singular object to the limited edition multiple. Books, prints, designs, and other objects are a major part of the production of Libertine making significant work available to a larger collector audience while elevating overly-reproducible works to the level of a limited object.
Libertine draws some of its artists from Analytica. Analytica incorporates and extends the innovative psychoanalytic methods of the School and Clinic into the unfinished project and unfulfilled promise of “schizoanalysis.” Libertine is thus the space for desiring production as gallery, theatre, publisher, laboratory…