REGULATED INDUSTRIES :: Pia Bakala & Fred Vorder-Bruegge :: Curated by RJ Junger
DRIFT
FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 23, 2023
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Regulated Industries, a duo exhibition of work by Pia Bakala and Fred Vorder-Bruegge, is curated by RJ Junger and is the first of the selected exhibition proposals for Tempus Projects’ Drift, an independent curators space.
Recent works by Vorder-Bruegge and Bakala explore a kind of ecological ruin, with Bakala contextualizing Trans Bodies as native to the environmental world enduring societal regulation and Vorder-Bruegge scavenging decommissioned industrial sites for objects and remains that weave themselves into a narrative of decay and transient identity. These works are a mutual expression of humans’ ability to mutate with and grieve alongside a seemingly scorched and disappearing landscape. Both artists create with a sentimentality and anonymity that suggests a primal motive similar to prehistoric hand markings in long forgotten caves, “I was here, just as you are now.”
A risograph exhibition catalogue by the same name will be available online and at Drift for the exhibition's duration.
RJ Junger is an artist and curator currently working in Philadelphia, PA. They see their curatorial practice as an ongoing body of research focusing on the anthropocene, locality, and oftentimes gender. Sapien (@sapien.gallery) is Junger's main curatorial project, which had seven shows at its last location in Kansas City, MO, and will continue in the Philadelphia area. Junger was awarded a Bachelors in Fine Arts by the Kansas City Art Institute in 2020 with a focus in Filmmaking, Social Practice, and Creative Writing.
Noted exhibitions include Cyborg Environmentalism, curated with Casey Callahan, Hauntology: in search of lost futures, and Mycelium Phone, consisting of trades between selected Juniin gallery and Sapien gallery artists. Sapien has collaborated on exhibitions with Juniin in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the H&R Block Artspace in Kansas City, MO. Sapien is oftentimes curated in collaboration with Miriamne Marlowe.
Drift is located at 1624 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City.
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