https://primordialfutures.com Primordial Futures Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:27:35 +0000 https://primordialfutures.com en https://primordialfutures.com/Front-Page Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:38:11 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/Front-Page https://primordialfutures.com/About-Us Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:38:11 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/About-Us primoridal futures is the former/sometimes art practice of megan may daalder.&nbsp; current energy is being directed towards @subliminalrelations and&nbsp; insight timer. https://primordialfutures.com/Painting-the-Town Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:27:35 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/Painting-the-Town REVOLUTION ETERNAL PAINTING THE TOWN#guerilla performance “Painting the Town is a playful, physical interaction with the scenery of downtown Los Angeles. Using the cinematic language of chroma-keying (also known as “green screen”), Daalder traverses the city, blending in and out of her surroundings as she intersects with its occupants - both living and inanimate. Daalder’s work displays a curiosity in the underrepresented areas of downtown. The artist gives screen time to the alleyways and homeless population that also make up a large part of the L.A. cityscape, creating a record that counterbalances the numerous representations of iconic sites and glamorous boulevards. Using this ubiquitous entertainment-industry technology and treating the city as a real-life stage, Daalder’s video explores the distinction, or lack thereof, between Los Angeles as a set piece and functional metropolis.” - From Staging Los Angeles: Reality, Fantasy, and the Space Between at USC’s Roski GallerySCREENINGSFreewaves ‘Out The Window’ ProjectLos Angeles City Busses, LA, CA Staging Los Angeles: Reality, Fantasy, and the Space Between, Roski MFA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA LIFE TRANSMISSIONS, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA Feminist Festival of Media Arts + Digital Culture, Montreal, Canada Immaginare/Assentarsi, Palermo, Italy CologneOFF, Cologne International Videoart Festival, Cologne, Germany Ludere, Life and Environment, São Paulo, Brazil Side Street Projects, ArtNight Pasadena, Pasadena, CA https://primordialfutures.com/TEENAGE-MUTINY Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:48:05 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/TEENAGE-MUTINY TEENAGE MUTINY UWS#hybrid documentary "Teenage Mutiny UWS" is a story of rebellion centered around The Lucerne, a luxury hotel in New York City turned temporary homeless shelter during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the course of several months, the Lucerne became a symbolic battleground, dividing a historically liberal, wealthy neighborhood and holding press attention. "Teenage Mutiny UWS" documents neighborhood activism and local media spin from the perspective of a fictional "tiktok teen" @trustfundkiddy. As the events unfold, @trustfundkiddy is galvanized to break an intergenerational cycle of disenfranchisement through an absurd tribute to Patty Hearst.SCREENINGS:Mirror Launch Event, Spectra Gallery, LA, CAANITFADA Twitch Stream, WorldwideWoodbine Social Center, NYC NYIMA Studio Quarterly, Hunter College, NYC“Integrated Channels,” Hunter College, NYC Loading… https://primordialfutures.com/CHILDREN-OF-THE-SINGULARITY-1 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:25:12 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/CHILDREN-OF-THE-SINGULARITY-1 CHILDREN OF THE SINGULARITY documentary Children of the Singularity is a short documentary series that invites young people to push back against any singular story of “progress.” With a speculative sensibility and verité documentary style, Children of the Singularity encourages young people to question the forces that shape pervasive digital technologies, and imagine alternative futures. Through intergenerational dialogues and reflective interviews, each episode challenges parents and youth to work through the dissonance between ideals, realities, and blind spots. By linking technological futures with personal histories, Children of the Singularity opens a larger conversation about interdependence in an era of atomization. <img width="1450" height="1514" width_o="1450" height_o="1514" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4461379a53ff051d0db6419da910280714353e293d4152ff1b119f0d9d465c4/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.58.40-PM.png" data-mid="57966654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4461379a53ff051d0db6419da910280714353e293d4152ff1b119f0d9d465c4/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.58.40-PM.png" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91245c8dba95cfaf4b2c5d20eb3feb8e4962399f64be246d0e2ed93528f09784/IMG_7071.JPG" data-mid="60752456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91245c8dba95cfaf4b2c5d20eb3feb8e4962399f64be246d0e2ed93528f09784/IMG_7071.JPG" /> Screening at NAVEL, Los AngelesSCREENINGS Not My Utopia curated by Megan Daalder and Zeesy Powers, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Canada NAVEL, Los Angeles, CA, USA Be a Better Being, Galerie der Schader-Stiftung, Darmastadt, Germany In The Flesh curated by Courtney Malick, Diet Gallery, Miami, Fl, USA <img width="1084" height="824" width_o="1084" height_o="824" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d0d8457b281c126b143497ec9500d89f6ff6189a7b3bab3c3eda65b8c1497cf/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.52.43-PM.png" data-mid="57966044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d0d8457b281c126b143497ec9500d89f6ff6189a7b3bab3c3eda65b8c1497cf/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.52.43-PM.png" /> <img width="1202" height="1200" width_o="1202" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4632ef6dff076df4f6c7527dbb1dd64d3107a359bb02c490a92137129e73c9d3/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.39.50-PM.png" data-mid="57965494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4632ef6dff076df4f6c7527dbb1dd64d3107a359bb02c490a92137129e73c9d3/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-3.39.50-PM.png" /> <img width="512" height="342" width_o="512" height_o="342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/790826e722a3f6129fc58c586d13efaf327c55e7b8b755f7e25084cdd0e8ec98/In-the-Flesh.jpg" data-mid="60753879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/790826e722a3f6129fc58c586d13efaf327c55e7b8b755f7e25084cdd0e8ec98/In-the-Flesh.jpg" /> Installed as part of “In the Flesh II,” Curated by Courtney Malick https://primordialfutures.com/NINOTCHKA-RECONSIDERS Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:06:20 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/NINOTCHKA-RECONSIDERS REVOLUTION ETERNAL NINOTCHHKA RECONSIDERS#revisionist cinema I re-edited the 1939 Hollywood classic Ninochka in an act of reverse propaganda. The film stars Greta Garbo as a communist envoy who falls in love with an American in Paris and abandons her politics. I decided to reverse the story to preserve her revolutionary spirit.SCREENINGSSALON: Biopsy,&nbsp;Women's Center for Creative Work, LA, CA https://primordialfutures.com/THE-MIRRORBOX-1 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:25:13 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/THE-MIRRORBOX-1 THE MIRRORBOX themirrorbox.info #sculpture performance The Mirrorbox is an ongoing investigation into shared identity. The device provides an intimate space for two people at a time. After putting their heads into a futuristic helmet, the participants stand face to face and observe their features blending together in real time. When used repeatedly or for long durations, this illusion of sharing a face can produce an embodied feeling of Empathy.This installation prompted a scientific study in collaboration with graduate students at USC's Center for Brain and Creativity Institute. <img width="3321" height="1825" width_o="3321" height_o="1825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcc5f01e332011074e1a6a258213abedf8f8e28edd8ef69785eb9c39bccc14d8/Mirrorbox_Stipe_300.jpg" data-mid="57808310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcc5f01e332011074e1a6a258213abedf8f8e28edd8ef69785eb9c39bccc14d8/Mirrorbox_Stipe_300.jpg" /> <img width="1848" height="1386" width_o="1848" height_o="1386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaa45cef7b13cbfcba843681acf87fd2c1cb9e77c5855415a869f5deb489ec34/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-4.49.46-PM.png" data-mid="57969374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaa45cef7b13cbfcba843681acf87fd2c1cb9e77c5855415a869f5deb489ec34/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-4.49.46-PM.png" /> PRESS <img width="690" height="110" width_o="690" height_o="110" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e97331d5ec9d393627dc2ff5fd7d55f5953d022be0d8d7cd681f99c436f2c6a/logo.png" data-mid="57808247" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/690/i/9e97331d5ec9d393627dc2ff5fd7d55f5953d022be0d8d7cd681f99c436f2c6a/logo.png" /><img width="802" height="258" width_o="802" height_o="258" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c42a5409f3d01db0a0dc6934358cf6061b51360b684878fc6c02fab103852f9f/Preview-VICE-Media-Black.png" data-mid="57808246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/802/i/c42a5409f3d01db0a0dc6934358cf6061b51360b684878fc6c02fab103852f9f/Preview-VICE-Media-Black.png" /> <img width="881" height="238" width_o="881" height_o="238" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a42b62948eb57ed17b8116fc572ad6a9af49fad48175a70010fbca152aab7db9/scientific-american-vector-logo.png" data-mid="57808245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/881/i/a42b62948eb57ed17b8116fc572ad6a9af49fad48175a70010fbca152aab7db9/scientific-american-vector-logo.png" /> AWARDSTop Prize at WRO Media Arts BiennialPeople's Choice Poster Award at the Entertainment Software and Cognitive Neurotherapeutics SocietyARC Completion Grant SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY 2021 “Mind Mirrors: Empathy in Art and Neuroscience,” smART Space, Science Museum Oklahoma 2019 After Dark at The Exploratorium, San Fransisco, CA 2018 "Hyperobjects," Curated by Laura Copelin and Timothy Morton, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX2017 MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara, CA2017&nbsp; "NADA NYC," Skylight Clarkson North, NY, NY2015&nbsp; "Bouillants No. 7: Gender," Bouillants Art Center, Vern-Sur-Seiche, France2011 WRO 14th Media Art Biennale, National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland2011 "Sans Vous, Rien Ne Se Fera," Mains D’Ouevres, Saint-Ouen, France https://primordialfutures.com/REVOLUTION-ETERNAL Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:25:12 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/REVOLUTION-ETERNAL REVOLUTION ETERNAL An unbuilt Museum of Revolution in Belgrade, Serbia becomes a site of investigation into the true nature of revolution, and brings the myth of a forgotten country back to life. The history of Yugoslavia is told through the lens of Slobodan Maldini, a Serbian architect obsessed with the building as a metaphor for national history, and the arc of his own life. Alongside Maldini’s reflections, Revolution Eternal captures the growth of a personal relationship between myself and a Roma man named Stanisha, who invites me to film the museum’s squatted basement. Throughout the film, this unexpected meeting ground serves as a reminder that the foundation of coexistence is the immaterial power of human connection. SCREENINGS"Open Air Prisons," LACE, Los Angeles, CA https://primordialfutures.com/EUREKA-AND-THE-BIOMASS-1 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:25:12 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/EUREKA-AND-THE-BIOMASS-1 EUREKA AND THE BIOMASS#performance installation Eureka and the Biomass is a Beauty and the Beast for the 22nd century. Through original music, lo-fi special effects, and an eight foot puppet this sci-fi musical brings an alien form of nature to life and questions the future of our ecological relationships.The year is 2100, and a period of climate change has radically altered ecosystems around the world. A biotechnology company called Synthetic Earth Corporation has designed, patented, and grown an organism called the Biomass to help stabilize the carbon cycle. When Eureka, a young woman raised during the peak of ecological collapse, is hired as the janitor at Synthetic Earth Corp, she has no idea that she is just one security door away from an unlikely return to Eden.Eureka and the Biomass was performed at 5 Car Garage in 2014 where it was installed as part of a solo gallery exhibition. <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c8b8dd9f2fedbcfc8501ccfe19fbe5e23b1358cde7bbd7c40757022c6934d69/Screen-Shot-2020-01-04-at-4.38.24-PM.png" data-mid="57807369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c8b8dd9f2fedbcfc8501ccfe19fbe5e23b1358cde7bbd7c40757022c6934d69/Screen-Shot-2020-01-04-at-4.38.24-PM.png" /> <img width="1231" height="1798" width_o="1231" height_o="1798" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d2df2b6fe5e146f5fd9476887b9d8b1349e89b06d282eeb855a5f9f3acf9a4d/Screen-Shot-2020-01-03-at-12.09.30-PM.png" data-mid="57969704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d2df2b6fe5e146f5fd9476887b9d8b1349e89b06d282eeb855a5f9f3acf9a4d/Screen-Shot-2020-01-03-at-12.09.30-PM.png" /> <img width="1073" height="1613" width_o="1073" height_o="1613" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64669c221df1e2f9a30e0ced345c762f26cd5a24b0d4d6042696689df318ea4f/Screen-Shot-2020-01-03-at-12.09.44-PM.png" data-mid="57969757" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64669c221df1e2f9a30e0ced345c762f26cd5a24b0d4d6042696689df318ea4f/Screen-Shot-2020-01-03-at-12.09.44-PM.png" /> <img width="4929" height="2294" width_o="4929" height_o="2294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67ea7dee7294aa58398c4609bc77ecea9a22fed527862267189ce9485d9cc3c1/141024_9645.jpg" data-mid="57969892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67ea7dee7294aa58398c4609bc77ecea9a22fed527862267189ce9485d9cc3c1/141024_9645.jpg" /> <img width="5561" height="3707" width_o="5561" height_o="3707" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19571f26c8b5c691bf47e1e07b8906846918c68ed5324f015fd9ee729ccf506d/141024_9702.jpg" data-mid="57969955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19571f26c8b5c691bf47e1e07b8906846918c68ed5324f015fd9ee729ccf506d/141024_9702.jpg" /> <img width="4985" height="3323" width_o="4985" height_o="3323" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba9c57790be4f3c5e9c4018c0f8c0438d1152eb886976dca588b2d6be761fd74/141024_9709.jpg" data-mid="57970060" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba9c57790be4f3c5e9c4018c0f8c0438d1152eb886976dca588b2d6be761fd74/141024_9709.jpg" /> https://primordialfutures.com/TRIBUTE-TO-KARL-SIMS Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:33:57 +0000 Primordial Futures https://primordialfutures.com/TRIBUTE-TO-KARL-SIMS TRIBUTE TO KARL SIMS VIRTUAL EVOLVED CREATURES#live projection performance In 1994 computer scientist Karl Sims developed artificial life algorithms for virtual creatures to evolve in simulated physical environments. In response, I challenged my own anatomical conditions to perform live alongside the archival animations. At the heart of the performance is the question of embodiment and what influence technological forms have on human physicality. PERFORMED WRO 14th Media Art Biennial, Growtowski Institute, Wroclaw, PolandVideo Collide in 3D Space, 533 Gallery, LA, CA SCREENED “CYBORGRRRLS 2019,” Secret Location, CDMX, Mexico"Pillow Talk #3," Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery, Kyoto, Japan