purgatory afterglow at darkZone / New Jersey
Artist(s): Tina Braegger, Tanya Merill, Megan Mi-ai Lee, Emma Welch, Pooneh Maghazehe, Charlotte G. Chin Greene, Caroline Absher, Kevin Lowenthal, Brandi Twilley, Jake Fagundo, Catherine Mulligan, Natalie Ochoa, Qian Cheng, Francesca Facciola, Stuart Lorimer, Shaun Krupa, Liv Van Kuiken, Christine Navin, Steven Vainberg, Nicholas Sullivan Margaux Dewarrat, Dani Arnica, Brittany Adeline King, Andre Yvon, Matthew Taber, Viktor Timofev, Genevieve Goffman, Nereida Patricia, Michele Uckotter, Kat Lyons, Nick Irzyk, Mia Middleton
Curator: philip hinge
Art space: darkZone
Address: New Jersey, USA
Duration:
19/10/2024 -
19/10/2024
i’ve almost drowned three times in my life. twice in a pool, and once here. the torrent that once ran thru this basement has stopped. the familiar sediment left with it. the pressure of pent up sentimentality, regret and hope that once pushed against the wall of this dam broke free. for three years that current flowed strongly. at times floating down that stream felt safe, other times it was marred by personal loss, grief, and anxiety. the water became heavy. the liquid congealed and condensed, turning into a salve, one that was applied in a haphazard thickness across the burnout. meant to heal, it turned the skin red and swollen, leaving crackle and scales that began to scar. darkzone’s ointment dried into a film, adhered to my skin, a reptilian retrograde. as i shriveled up, the subterranean riverbed dried. the evidence of what was here had been washed clean. coming back after three years, i don’t have the same attachments. i had pulled up anchor, got off the boat and taken my baggage with me, burying it somewhere along the way home, suppressing and forgetting what it was i was carrying in the first place. it’s not how i remember it here. the imprinted grandiosity from the past is null. what’s left is a husk, a hollowed-out gord, free from the burden of its insides.
Social media info: purgatory afterglow at darkZone, New Jersey, USA
with:
Pooneh Maghazehe @poonehmaghazehe Charlotte G. Chin Greene @yesmacaroni Emma Welch @moonseesyou Meg Mi-ai Lee @meg.miai Tina Braegger @tina_braegger Tanya Merrill @tanya_merrill Catherine Mulligan @catherine.mulligan Jake Gafundo @jakefagundo Caroline Absher @carolineleanor Natalie Ochoa @8_rosa_ Kevin Lowenthal @lowenthal Brandi Twilley @branditwilley Francesca Facciola @francescafacciola Qian Cheng @qqqqqian_____ Stuart Lorimer @stuartlorimer Shaun Krupa @icedkrupa Steven Vainberg @stevenvainberg Olivia Van Kuiken @livankuiken Christine Egaña Navin @c_navin NicholasSullivan @hows_nick Margaux Dewarrat @mgxltd Dani Arnica @dani.arnica Brittany Adeline King @_brittanyadeline Andre Yvon @andre__yvon Matthew Taber @matttaber37 Viktor Timofeev @viktortimofeev Genevieve Goffman @genevieve_goffman Michelle Uckotter @shelleyuckotter Nick Irzyk @nickirzyk Kat Lyons @katllyons Nereida Patricia @nereida.patricia Mia Middleton @miamiddleton