Onward

This project is part of the CATS+ 1.0 program and ran from April to September 2022.

About

Aryel René Jackson and Alex Goss reimagine the physical exhibition venue, Cage Match Project, as an expanded digital/physical hybrid space. Their case study, Onward, features a playable 3D simulation that illustrates the barrier-breaking capacity for change of The Cage in its new form.

Artist Wiki

• Professional Practice Planning by Aryel René Jackson
• 'Onward' BTS by Aryel René Jackson
• 'Onward' & Digital Content Creation Tools by Alex Goss

Events

Workshop

Professional Practice Planning: Finding the 5E model in your art practice

Artists and educators will learn about the science-oriented inquiry-focused method and apply it to their art process. Anti-disciplinary film-based artist, Ariel René Jackson, and sculpture, moving-image, and installation artist, Alex Goss, will highlight how the 5E model has occurred in their prior collaboration, Inside Out, to their current CATS+ Residency project, Onward. Attendees will be encouraged to review and discuss their own practice in relation to the 5E model.

Exhibition

Are UXperienced

09.24.22–10.01.22

The experiment is to push back on technology. The experience is the Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+), a new program at The Museum of Human Achievement which pairs artists and tech wizards to collaborate on projects and share their processes. are UXperienced? is an invitation to get curious, start conversations, dig into artists’ processes, and get excited about making our own systems (or just making our own memes 😜 ).

Artist Bios

Aryel René Jackson is a Black creole anti-disciplinary film-based artist whose practice considers land and landscape as sites of internal representation. Themes of transformation are embedded in their use of repurposed imagery and objects, video, sound, and performance. Jackson’s work is influenced by their afro-creole Lwizyan heritage and Black American cultural language. They live and work in Texas and teach at Texas State University and at The University of Texas at Austin. Jackson is an alum of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Royal College of Art Exchange Program, and The Cooper Union. Their work has been shown nationally and internationally. arielrenejackson.com

Alex Goss is a sculptor, educator, and freelancer committed to fostering mentorship in digital and physical 3D and time-based mediums. Drawing inspiration from manufacturing waste, Goss creates projects that breach the logic of mass production by emphasizing unconformity and cast-offs. Alex received his BFA in Art from the Cooper Union and his MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alex has held solo exhibitions in New York, Baltimore, and Houston. Alex is a co-founder and organizer of Moonmist, an artist-run project space in Houston, TX. He lives in Richmond, VA with his dog Butterbean. alexgoss.net