A/Bound

May 20 - Jun 17, 2023

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia is pleased to announce the exhibition A/Bound, curated by Eva Moreno and Duwenavue Santé Johnson.

A/Bound focuses on the theme of transformation, legacy, and cross-generational relationship, through natural laws, which is brought into space using selected works by Duwenavue Santé Johnson, Kim Miskowicz, Omi Tanaka, Joseph Carrillo, George Shongutsie, and Chris Donnelly.

The collection of works offers a fresh perspective that speaks to our collective and individual experiences. It provides an interesting view of the human being as an integral part of an ecosystem, in a curious juxtaposition between the transition of the four seasons following each other in the year and the different stages of human development.

We are creating spaces relative to us, how we move, think, and be. A goal of space should “consider” the greater good for the majority of movements that create value with a strong hope that ecologically all of the movement supports a sort of harmony and balance to foster a regenerative environment.  

The Poet’s “Testament”

I wrap the sky around myself
to keep away the cold
and eat starlight late at night
to take the place of rich
Dew drops scatter below the sky
for me to find and drink.
and out my poems flow
to greet the morn, to last her age.
My heart, sacrificed to its grave
gains unworldly powers;
the spirit flies into lands of dreams
the far side of the sky.
It seeks divinity in Heaven and brings it back to
earth
to soothe the sand and grass,
bringing happiness, bringing peace.
My purpose in composing poems
is to salvage the soul.

- Angkarn Kalayanapong (Thai), translated by Allan Ginsberg

A connective mixture of fine arts and craftsmanship from textile arts in the form of beadwork, and hand embroidery, while collages, phytograms, and paintings create visual terrains. Digital formats along with analog photography play a significant role in creating the movement of this exhibition.

The artists represented all share a unique type of systematic molding from forced state relocation, survival through academic pathways, and carrying on one’s culture by leaving the familiar.  Each one of the artists has gone through multiple ebbs and flows,  maintaining a practice of resilience, and using creative methods to sustain their lifelong art practice.  Crossing paths during the height of the tides of gentrification in the California Bay Area, not cowering to fear, risk, and uncertainty while taking unexplored roads. This experience has led to certain shared values, notably, sharing learned ideas to help build, create, and explore all the while, understanding that nature is fragile and must be conserved and respected to allow for future generations of all life.