FRESH FACES IN ART: EIGHT LA ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

GALA PORRAS-KIM In ancient and possibly contemporary (displaced by technology) nomadic culture of unknown origins and undeterminable destinations, the human capacity of transposing existential bandwidth depended on the archival quality of its receptacle, natural tangibles then, intangible codes now. Gala Porras-Kim explores the epistemological capacity of artifacts with or without human intervention and the potential and challenges of transferrable nuances of unfamiliar cultures. PorrasKim’s conscientiously selected rocks in For Prospective Rock/Artifact Projection trace back to the Papaloapan River in southern Mexico, where in 1986 fishermen uncovered four artifacts bearing an undeciphered Isthmian script. Providing variables (rhythm, phrase, time lengths, grammar), the rocks formulate chance operations from which the viewers can approximate and expound theories; video footage of a submerged boulder crossfades information available to the listener. (KG). http://commonwealthandcouncil.com/exhibitions/feb15/GP/images.html

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