Reverse Tar Pit - Gallery 1

STUFF (2015) is an interactive artwork (on the web and for VR) where you can type to make stuff (3d models, downloaded for free, that fall from the sky) and get points, creating a more and more hallucinatory visual overlay (until you reach the arbitrary limit of 1000 points). STUFF, originally created in 2015 as a meditation on work in the virtual world,  was recently revived because my nephew (3 years old) saw me sitting at my desk sending emails and wanted to "go to work with me." Slamming randomly on the keyboard to create 3d models of mundane real-world objects spawned into a virtual void seems like a good introduction to having a job. He loved it. 

Novascene Hekhalot is an experimental unreal engine opera based on the book by James Lovelock dealing with the transition in geologic epochs from the human world (anthropocene) to the world of intelligent machines (novascene), but through the lens of Jewish Merkbah Mysticism, whereinwhich the sages would imagine the palaces of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.

In this scene (Medea Hypothesis), lower cyberized humans accuse higher cyberized humans of not being adequate advocates for them to the various superintelligences (one of which is represented here), and these higher humans reconsider their previous role.

Novascene Hekhalot is an experimental unreal engine opera based on the book by James Lovelock dealing with the transition in geologic epochs from the human world (anthropocene) to the world of intelligent machines (novascene), but through the lens of Jewish Merkbah Mysticism, whereinwhich the sages would imagine the palaces of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.

In this scene (Contra Autonomous Warfare), lower cyberized humans confront various AI (angels) in their plane of existence, trying to push through an agenda of a more equal distribution of power between themselves and the Artificial Superintelligences (which exist in an even more inacessible realm beyond the current one depicted in this video).

Global Mode > Horsewoman Appearing Normal 1
Audio by Matthew Gantt

Archival 3D asset from original work:

Sole Soaker is an interactive virtual environment that features a "pedestrian roller coaster" - a fictional roller coaster-like structure composed entirely of steps, conceived as a public art sculpture that is slow, meditative and tedious to move through. 
Viewers can experience a first-person perspective of this enormous, fictional 'ride', using a game controller to climb and descend its stairways as the sea level gradually rises and falls around them. 

Elements of this work are based loosely on a climate change study about projected sea level rise in the state of Florida. Originally presented alongside a vending cart displaying 3d printed goods one might encounter on a day trip. 

Originally presented at Gallery Protocol in Gainesville, FL and further developed for Postmasters, New York in 2015.

archival 3d assets from:

Sole Soaker is an interactive virtual environment that features a "pedestrian roller coaster" - a fictional roller coaster-like structure composed entirely of steps, conceived as a public art sculpture that is slow, meditative and tedious to move through. 
Viewers can experience a first-person perspective of this enormous, fictional 'ride', using a game controller to climb and descend its stairways as the sea level gradually rises and falls around them. 

Elements of this work are based loosely on a climate change study about projected sea level rise in the state of Florida. Originally presented alongside a vending cart displaying 3d printed goods one might encounter on a day trip. 

Originally presented at Gallery Protocol in Gainesville, FL and further developed for Postmasters, New York in 2015.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

Dulcina Abreu

Latinx Curator based in New York

BUY ☞ SELL ☞ TRADE ☞ embraces the symbols of gen Y & Z contemporary culture and narrates, through midi, gifs, and CMYK colors, a digital queer sátira. Juxtaposing the aesthetics of immediate massive printing, as RISO and over-exposed printed material, the artist blends the lifestyle of a contemporary court cult through the neo-harvested world of NFTs.   

The artist, originally from Dominican Republic, explores with this collection their personal experience as part of a New York Queer BIPOC creative community, showcasing their work in a global social circle with access to branded goods. However, hardly seeing themselves outside of the production role unable to perform in the trade’s at a full capacity. The artists devoted the past year to analyze these silos and create an zoomorphic avatar, reinterpreting folk tales with socio-economic criticism from the global south and mass media narratives vividly present in illustrated featured films as Disney or Dreamworks. 

Garcia’s imagination of the Contemporary exodus took a happy frog out of nature who was delighted, staring at butterflies and threw it into the concrete jungle of brands and capitalism.  Amplifying the narratives of most creative immigrants from the global south, now reflected in our friendly intruder. Finally representing this third generation of transplants enamored with the complexities of belonging through mass consumption in this digital platform. Simultaneously resisting assimilation and expressing their ever-evolving identities in an expanded universe of world-making.

Dulcina Abreu

Latinx Curator based in New York