LIVE Experiences

Immersive Experiences

WHERE I WOULD STAY

Immersive. Interactive. Pop Up Shop.
September 12-15, 2019

"I wanted to create a gallery to document the experience of my life on earth so far, small lessons learned. I visited MeowWolf in NewMexico on the SummerSpree19 & thought -I can make something like this... So Where I Would Stay was born. I rented a storefront for a week, set up, and had the gallery open for the weekend. We hosted an Open Mic and Concert and used the space as a social place. thankful for those who bore witness."

Stand Up Open Mic
-Talya Ginsberg
-Aaron Atkins
-Shira Cortez
& guests

Concert
-Analea
-Ifeanyi Elswith
-Francis King
-Ally of the Moon

Interactive Exhibits

People Pay Rent
- Beginning in an open bedroom this piece focuses on the adult reality nothing will ever be handed to you again. As a child, if you were lucky, your family provided you with the luxuries of a home. What happens once this safety net crib is removed and you are left to fend for yourself?
  - Featuring. Succesfully Launched - 6 frame story of the bird family who launched itself without preparing or informing its youngest bird.

Family Nuclear
- The 1950’s American Dream Ideal of a family is dead. Our basic constructs for what a family can be has been blown out of water and results in a basic defintion- Family is love unconditional. Family exists and abides by laws and norms bigger than any government. Family can be male female other, comprised of 2 individuals to hundreds. Not all families can, nor should they compartmentalize themselves to fit to the 4 person picket fence dream. It is limiting, when family should be inclusive.
  - Comprised of - cardboard house frame/ clean on one side completely destroyed on the other, nuclear bomb suspended from rope weave, family of dolls.
Setting Sitting Spaces - immersive settings for people to sit
- Forest - Green
- Desert - Yellow
- City - Red
- Field - Blue
WIWS Staple Piece
- This world is truly large, with thousands of people, places, and things to see. One could be adventurous and run around trying to see it all. But I will find time for moments of peace. I will sit in a nice chair, from a nice view point, and that’s where I would stay.
  - Comprised of a tiny chair in the corner of the room surrounded by layers of the world fabric, rubble,etc.

“Where Would You Stay” Globe
- This Piece asks the audience, “Where would you stay?” then invites them to pin a place on the map, Where they would stay on this earth.
  - Comprised of a globe on a pedestal & pin map.

Wormhole
- A Christmas light walkway taking the visitor back to the front of the exhibit. Signifying death, birth, the path we all take for becoming conscious.
  - Comprised of black fabrics and christmas lights

Infinity Mirror
- Black mirror closing the exhibit asking the viewer, “Have you found home in yourself?”
& more

the Hokin Gallery

"6 ARTISTS / 6 SPACES" is a collaborative, experimental exhibition developed by the Hokin Project gallery management practicum. We collaborated with six artists to reimagine their two-dimensional works as three-dimensional gallery installations: a Mesoamerican daydream, an abstraction of human consciousness, a mysterious cave, a romantic village, a forgotten ruin, and a parody supermarket.
This exhibit explores three key relationships:
the relationship between the artist and a new medium,
the working relationship between contemporary artists and curatorial teams,
and the relationship between the visitor and the artwork when given the opportunity to jump into the frame.

Together these artists broke apart the traditional white cube to create these visionary spaces.
Original Show set to open March 19-April 20, 2020 - the event was postponed due to pandemic crisis

Megan @trogs Troglio's exhibit brought to life their 2D compositions of Face Composition, Teal Place, & Pink Place. They incorporate paint, fabric, balloons, mirrors, and more into the structure and complete the work with projections, sound, interactive elements, and snap filters.