My artwork ‘les encanta jugar’ has been included in this exhibition Protopian Futures curated by @archer.vision which opens on 4/4 at Monolith Gallery & @withfoundation

So many friends in this lineup! 💖🥳

#repost from curator @archer.vision

“Protopia” is a non-binary state of becoming. Coined by Wired co-founder and futurist Kevin Kelly, the term indicates “a state better than yesterday” characterized by incremental developments towards a regenerative future, through intentional and purposeful disruption achieved with experimentation, innovation, and collaboration.

Our heteronormative binary programming automatically places it within a constrained framework, somewhere between Utopia and Dystopia. Yet perhaps Protopia is on its own timeline, evolving in real-time, not bound between Utopian and Dystopia.

The prefix “pro” denotes its forward leaning with a reverberating pro-activism towards progress and innovation. In Latin “prō” is in favor, therefore FOR not against the future.

Thus far the discourse remains focused on the intersection of science and technological innovation by Kevin Kelly and progressed towards prototyping equitable, socially-engaged future world designs by @monikabielskyte @protopiafutures. Yet we can go beyond “Speculative Fiction” and outside of the aesthetic hindrances of “Sci-fi.” We are living and breathing Protopian visions in the present-future tense.

My curation is my invitation to define it as a culture through artists in practice. It's an opportunity to bring it further into the public vernacular.

And who makes culture? Artists do.

I present you with Protopian Futurists...

This multidisciplinary exhibition is a celebration of pragmatic futurists disrupting with purpose and intention comprised of 24 works by international artists including:

@elliepritts @jimmyedgar @synchrodogs_official @paultrillo @carlagannis @zeitweitz @fantasticplanet @jimeyrejimeyrejimeyre @xonorika @conniebakshi @danielleezzo @spasi____sohrani @creativeaya.ai @marynabrodovska @dianemeyerstudio @archer.vision @edgarfabianfrias @ava.silvery @miekemarple @lizbretz @rob_amfr @thezoekid1

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