Troubled Kinships
SCOTTY + Monte Vista Projects + Espacio _Union
Visit Us
Address
Oranienstraße 46, 10969 Berlin
Opening reception
Sat, 29 Jun, 7 pm
Exhibition
30 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
Gallery hours
Fri, 3 – 7 pm / Sat, 2 – 6 pm
Contact: mail (at)
scottyenterprises.de
Participating artists: Christine Atkinson, José Castañeda Lepov, Mónica Figueroa, Elizabeth Folk, Maki Kitagawa Frisby, Kellan Barneby King, Amanda Mears, Kimberly Morris, Ashton Phillips, Miriam Salado, Michelle L Robinson, Daniel Alejandro Trejo, Beth Waldman, Taylor Zanke as well as SCOTTY and their friends
Image
Daniel Alejandro Trejo, Dark Star, 2023, Fired ceramic, house paint and nail polish, 11 x 12.5 in (28 x 31.75 cm)
About
Troubled Kinships invites the observer to contemplate the diverse notions of “habitat” that have been cultivated through the lived experiences of the artists, ranging from Mexico City, Berlin and Los Angeles. The exhibition zooms in on the place where the Santa Monica mountains butt-up against the pavement of Los Angeles, a tamale stand on the streets of Iztapalapa, the historical Arizona Route 80 rife with folklore, a “worm space” of styrofoam-metabolizing beetle larvae and the plastic waste they inhabit and consume, sites bearing witness to the colonization of the American West, and the human body, a constant battleground for autonomy. These seemingly disparate ecosystems form rhizomatic connections- inventive kinships- which highlight the interconnectedness of environmental and social injustices, and strive towards regenerative futures. In each work, alongside the “trouble,” one can identify propositions for alternative ecological economies.
Troubled Kinships lädt den Betrachter ein, über mögliche Interpretationen des Begriffs "Habitat" nachzudenken, die aus den gelebten Erfahrungen der teilnehmenden Künstler:innen aus Mexiko-Stadt, Berlin und Los Angeles entstanden sind. Die Ausstellung beginnt an dem Ort, an dem die Berge Santa Monicas auf den Asphalt von Los Angeles treffen und setzt ihre Reise an einem Tamales-Stand auf den Straßen von Iztapalapa fort. Sie führt entlang der bekannten nordamerikanischen Arizona State Route 80, die reich an Folklore ist, und endet in einem "Wurmraum", in dem Käferlarven das Styropor und Plastik konsumieren und verstoffwechseln, das ihnen auch als Behausung dient. Diese Orte sind sowohl Zeugen der Kolonisierung des amerikanischen Westens als auch des menschlichen Körpers, der ständig um Autonomie kämpft. Diese scheinbar disparaten Ökosysteme bilden rhizomatische Verbindungen – erfinderische Verwandtschaften –, die die Verflechtung von Umwelt- und sozialen Ungerechtigkeiten herausstellen und sich für regenerative Zukunftsentwürfe einsetzen. In jedem Werk lassen sich neben den "Schwierigkeiten" auch Vorschläge für alternative ökologische Wirtschaftsweisen erkennen.
SCOTTY
SCOTTY was established in 2006. This artist-run project space is situated in Berlin-Kreuzberg and is organized by a group of 10 visual artists. Situated in the smallest house in Kreuzberg, SCOTTY offers an open platform for its member artists, curators, and invited guests. The exhibitions hosted by SCOTTY center around contemporary social and cultural-political issues. SCOTTY operates autonomously in the art market.
Monte Vista Projects
Monte Vista Projects (MVP) is a Curatorial Collective with a gallery space in the Bendix Building in Downtown Los Angeles. Established in 2007, MVP hosts exhibitions, lectures, events, and performances, often in collaboration with other local, national, and international artist-run spaces. MVP strives to question existing standards that emerge from academia and contemporary art institutions and prioritizes working with under-represented artists to broaden access to artistic discourse.
uniōn (espacio para artistas)
uniōn was established in 2018 as an independent contemporary art space dedicated to artists and curators in process of consolidation in order to develop a wider community of art projects in Mexico City. Parallel to the program, uniōn operates an artist residency for art practitioners whose main interest is art installation focused on site-specific.