It is not down on any map; true places never are

Antonia Wright in collaboration with Ruben Millares, It is not down on any map; true places never are, 2019, Kinetic outdoor sculpture, steel, fabric, dimensions variable. Presented with Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Installation images from UNTITLED, ART Fair Miami Beach

It is not down on any map; true places never are is a kinetic outdoor sculpture that challenges the meaning of the flag in the contemporary world. Two flagpoles are connected by one motorized chain that pulls 16 flags up and down each beam continuously. As the flags rise and lower along the poles their […]

And so with ends comes beginnings

Antonia Wright, And so with ends comes beginnings, 2019-2020, HD color video, 4:30 (excerpt), Audio score written by Jason Ajemian

Shot when the artist was 9 months pregnant, the video is a metaphor for the dualities of ecstasy and anxiety of living in a paradise for ground-zero sea-level rise. First, one sees a pregnant body floating above the surface as it slowly sinks below the water level. Then tower cranes emerge in the frame. These […]