An interdisciplinary exhibition that re-establishes human connections with the natural world through ritual. Presented by the Syndicate of Creatures
On view: May 5-18, 2019
Organized by Signe Vad and Michelle Appelros
Artists include Michelle Appelros (Sweden/Denmark), Ciriza (US), Fryd Frydendahl (Denmark/US), Marianne Jørgensen (Denmark), Elena Lundquist Ortíz (Denmark), Thinh Nguyen (US), and Signe Vad (Denmark)
Noysky Projects and KRÆ syndikatet (Syndicate of Creatures) presents, Meat and Mysticism, an interdisciplinary exhibition that re-establishes human connections with the natural world through ritual. Meat and Mysticism is a collaborative exhibition with the artists of KRÆ syndikatet, Copenhagen, and Noysky Projects, Los Angeles.
Works from Meat and Mysticism provoke a tactile experience through art to shake the notion of detachment so often addressed in the western world, using a personal bodily sensations as a way to critique the patriarchal capitalistic society. This exhibition is born from an urge to rebel against the mantra of “bigger, better, faster, stronger”, instead opting for “tactile, quiet, strange, organic.”
The exhibition consists of a broad range of materials, including video, photography, performance, latex, stone, teeth, bone and growths, working with meat/flesh and mysticism as tools. The artworks can be tactile blankets that resemble placentas, a bone installation from ritual feasts, or a performance that subverts sexist slurs.
Meat and Mysticism revives many of the ancient human traditions that utilize talismans, giving objects increased value by infusing them with meaning through ritual. Artists work with meat and placentas to regrow a connection to our organic nature while placing meaning in matter to enhance an earthly kinship.
The opening exhibition will feature a performance by Long Long, a reclaimed feminine superego from Thinh Nguyen’s childhood memories growing up as a girl, who will re-appropriate Donald Trump’s vulgar 2005 “Access Hollywood” comment “grab ’em by the pussy” as a form of empowerment through the interpretation of dance.
As part of an effort to synthesize the natural with manmade, this exhibition is 75 percent biodegradable and compostable, using sustainable materials like soil, rocks, hair, latex, crystal dust, marble, paper, glass, and wood.
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On view: May 5-18, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 1–4 pm
Address: 6727 ⅞ Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Exhibition hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12–6pm, and by appointment
Gallery contact: info (at) noyskyprojects.com
Website: noyskyprojects.com
Public transportation: Red Line Metro to Hollywood/Highland. Walk 2 blocks east.
Parking: 2 hour validated parking at Hollywood & Highland Center: 1768 N. Highland Ave ($2); 1520 N. McCadden Pl ($7); or street parking in vicinity ($2 per hour); limited free street parking on McCadden Place between Hollywood Boulevard and Yucca Street, as well as Yucca Street between Highland Avenue and Las Palmas Avenue
