Expositions
Worldmaking Tentacles
In the group exhibition Worldmaking Tentacles, technological, ecological, and spiritual wisdoms meet to conjure an array of possible futures. The artists summon phoenix-like moments in which nature emerges outside of colonial-patriarchal destructive relations; bodies transcend race, gender, and sexuality; and ancestral knowledge is wedded with technology. Each in their own way, the artists are concerned with a reconditioning of historical, linguistic, and scientific imaginaries. In this postnatural, posthuman universe, the past gains multiple tentacles that shapeshift toward a myriad of speculative, caring futures.

Worlmaking Tentacles, exhibition view presented at the Fonderie Darling as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Tejal Shah, Between the Waves, 2012, video still. Courtesy of the artist, the Barbara Gross Galerie (Munich), and Project 88 (Mumbai)

Worlmaking Tentacles, exhibition view presented at the Fonderie Darling as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Tabita Rezaire, INNER FIRE: Pimp Your Brain, 2017, installation view at the Fonderie Darling as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Jamilah Sabur, Mnemonic Alphabet, 2021, installation view at the Fonderie Darling as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Tejal Shah, Between the Waves, 2012, installation view at the Fonderie Darling as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Des tentacules façonnant le monde, vue de l’exposition présentée à la Fonderie Darling dans le cadre de MOMENTA 2021. Photo : Jean-Michael Seminaro