8 1/2 Anti-Social Masks for Instagram

Kuzma Vostrikov & Ajuan Song

208 East, 73rd Street, New York City

June 25 – July 1, 2019
Opening reception: Tuesday, June 25th, 6-9pm

Orange Art Projects is pleased to present “8 1/2 Anti-Social Masks for Instagram”, an exhibition by Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song, featuring selections from their upcoming series Absolutely Augmented Reality, situating human bodies in elaborately constructed sets that envision the elusiveness of illusions.

Absolutely Augmented Reality collects postcards from dreams, registering the penumbra of fleeting moments. Individually, each photograph suggests a narrative that declines resolution; collectively, the series evades the comfort of clarity in favor of the mysteries of ambiguity. The storytellers are uncertain guides, leaving breadcrumbs along multiple pathways, some as definitive as a punchline, others as elusive as a mirage.

Our immersion in visual media creates a confidence of sophistication that waylays the theatrical tradition of suspended belief. What if, these storytellers ask, you’ll believe anything you see? What if you understand falsehood as truth, or truth as falsehood? Don’t believe us, they implore, even as they insist that what you see is no mere trick. It is everything you see. It is nothing you see.

'8 1/2 Anti-Social Masks for Instagram' will be on view at 208 East 73rd Street, New York, through July 1st. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday, 12-6pm and by private appointment.

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