This exhibition, titled Survival Machine, is a three-person show featuring artists Althea Rao (DXARTS), Eunsun Choi (DXARTS), and Kyung-jin Kim. It will be presented at the Soil Artist-Run Gallery, with the opening on October 3rd, 2024, from 5 PM to 6 PM. The show will run until November 2nd, with the gallery open Friday to Sunday from 12 PM to 5 PM.
About
“Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
Genes use the bodies of living things to further their own survival: to adapt to nature, to manipulate and collaborate with other species, to build artificial environments and create new ecosystems. These choices can lead to abundance or annihilation. We, the survival machines, can only speculate. Survival Machine presents such speculations from artists inhabiting the survival machines themselves.
Artists
Kyungjin Kim’s work reflects on the natural selection for human vision. Blending reality and imagination, he created light sculptures based on the experience of inducing an artificial blind spot with a flash of light in his own eyes.
Eunsun Choi seeks to understand the genetic evolution required for humans to overcome harsh environmental challenges. She will create hypersensitive organic-shaped kinetic sculptures that react to artificial stimuli, mirroring human vulnerabilities in response to natural influences.
Althea Rao examines intelligence trained on cloud computing and data as disembodied memories. Her installation will restore organic bodies back to abstract data and cloud, and reflect on how natural phenomena reintroduce themselves back into the built environment and artificial ecosystems.
Where
Soil Gallery
112 3rd Ave S Seattle, WA 98104
When
Opening Reception: October 3rd, 5-8pm
Gallery Hours: October 3rd - November 2nd, Friday-Sunday, 12-5pm
