pr0xy-fl3$h, Amplify’s next Generator Grant project, reimagines the future of the corporeal image. Organized by Alex Jacobsen, and featuring work by Margo Johnson, Aspen Monet Laboy, and Matthew Strasburger, the exhibition/laboratory envisions a future where bodies are liberated from the interdependencies of their discrete parts; where autonomous organs emit their own frequencies and detached appendages glitch in the collapsing space between physical and digital forms.

Itself a body, pr0xy-fl3$h vibrates with restless movement toward unsettled futures. Collaborative installation work by Aspen Monet Laboy and Matthew Strasburger refracts and fragments video projections of the body using mirrors. Alex Jacobsen’s sound design and devised performances confront the anxieties of transformation. And sculpture by Margo Johnson provides a fleshy counterpoint to the exhibition’s more ephemeral and transitory works.

Free and open to all, viewings of the exhibition are by appointment. Face masks are not required but always welcome. Please register to attend or email peter@amplifyarts.org to schedule a time to visit outside of regular gallery appointment hours.

• Exhibition Dates: May 12th - June 16th, 2023

• Opening Reception: May 12th; 6pm - 9pm

• Regular Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays; 1pm - 5pm by appointment.

Generator Grant programming is presented with support from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

From the Artists:

Inside the space are video projections of bodily rhythms (heart pulse, nervous ticks, itches, slapping sunburnt skin, etc). Glass and mirrors hang, reflecting the projections either to highlight a part of the gallery or shine the body parts onto the audience. Below the reflections, loudspeakers vibrate and play sound recordings of hyperreal, pained vocal utterances. Audiences can hear the recordings by placing their elbow onto the tablet, and corresponding finger on their temple. 

Various humanoid-plants decorate the space. At times, they appear to be moving – a visual effect of light reflections. Mirrors surrounding these plants reflect the audience members body, rather than the video projections. 

Recommended time in space: 10-15