Latent Place

Subjective is pleased to present Latent Place, a group exhibition exploring the interplay between the current largely abandoned state of virtual worlds and the creative and sociological potential that lies therein. Featuring 10 artists who embrace 3-dimensional digital art as a canvas for critique, play, and speculative imagination; the exhibition investigates how virtual spaces reshape cultural norms surrounding identity, online interaction, and collective action, and how the platform physics of these environments are influenced by capital and power structures. Latent Place surveys the remnants of the most recent surge of interest in virtual worlds, or 'the metaverse', which peaked in 2021, juxtaposing the quiescent state of these spaces with their unfulfilled promises and impending future.

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Featuring works by:

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Sub Net is an anonymous glitch art investigating abandoned virtual worlds, and the power dynamics that shaped them. Their works 'Reporting from the Ghost Cities of the Metaverse' and 'The Felt Presence of Virtual Experience', are screening in our main projection space.

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Sybil Montet is a French artist and CGI art director exploring the esoteric potentials of emerging technologies. Her short film 'I SCRY' is screening in our main projection space, as well as a 7-screen installation, 'Geomancy Portal' on display in our basement screen gallery.

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Alfie Dwyer is a multimedia artist, animator, and filmmaker creating work focused on the digital world and the human body. A selection of his works are screening in our projection space and his pieces 'Artefact' and 'Light in Darkness; are on display on our TV tower and ultrawide screen installations.

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Linyou Xie is a visual artist, filmmaker, and 3D designer who works and lives between Berlin and Shanghai creating works engaging with the digital landscape within an atmosphere of dissociation, doubt, and passive participation. His short films 'Live From the Scene' and 'Hypercapitalism Gospel' are screening in our main projection space.

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Hayden Clay is a 3D artist based in Brooklyn creating surreal & uncanny depictions of suburban landscapes. Their work 'Moving Away' is on display in our basement screen gallery.

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Henry Allan is a NYC based 3D artist creating intricate and conceptually rich virtual sculptures engaging with esoteric and speculative futures. His first physical sculpture, 'The Rabbit Was Burned in the Server Fire' is on display in our main space, and his digital sculpture 'First Egregore Slain, 2246' is on display in our basement screen gallery.

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Klara Vollstaedt is a Canadian 3D transfem artist exploring of identity, loss, connection, and interpersonal dynamics. Her work 'The Thought of You is Bliss' is on display in our basement screen gallery.

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Cole Dorais is a Brooklyn based 3D artist creating ethereal works exploring virtual spaces. His piece ' Edge of Perception', a collaboration with Squibs, is on display in our screen gallery.

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Emotionull is a Brooklyn based 3D artist and painter creating the Phettaverse and engaging in creating his own virtual world. His piece 'Bar Gruyere' is on display in our screen gallery and 'Therapy from the Universe' is on screening in our main projection space. Attendees can also explore the Phettaverse through a VR headset in the screen gallery.

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Squibs is a Brooklyn based 3D artist creating surreal work with natural and futuristic themes. His piece 'Please, Stay a While' is projected in our screen gallery.

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Curated by Clay Devlin, artist and Lead Curator at Subjective.