Next Friday, May 10th will be our fourth exchange of Season 9! We hope to see you there. Please join us in conversation with Chia Amisola, Brett Amory and Tuğçe Evirgen Özmen.

Chia Amisola (b. 2000, Manila, Philippines) is an internet & ambient artist devoted to the internet’s loss, love, labor, and liberation. Their (web)site-specific art imagines creation as synonymous with liberation through an 'internet ambient' on the ecologies, territory, infrastructure, and intimacies of the poetic web. ( Mostly, they want to gather all the people they love in one place, and build an internet that could be that place. )

Brett Amory is an interdisciplinary artist whose artistic practice is grounded in the intersection of quotidian and habitual engagements with the everyday world. Primarily working in painting and installation, he explores unnoticed moments and
the ways in which digital technology reshapes them. Through his artistic endeavors, Amory navigates the complex relationship between the physical and digital realms, highlighting both the connections and disconnections inherent in contemporary life. Amory's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including prestigious institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Furthermore, in 2017, he was selected as an artist in residence at San Francisco's de Young Museum. Amory holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University and is also the recipient of the esteemed Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award.

Tuğçe Evirgen Özmen is a filmmaker and artist making experimental short films, installations and drawings. Her works serve as visual representations of intricate spiritual concepts and the interconnectedness of human psychology. She particularly delves deeply into the 'being'state—the awakened state of consciousness, the essence, beyond the limitations of self-concept and ego—, the ‘self-concept/ego', and the existential balance between the two. The impact of both consciousness and subconscious states on the formation of perception, the construction of language and identity, and how it can be and does transcend itself are the main areas in which she portrays her interest through the lens of it. She relies on an unconventional, metaphoric, and dream-like quality of narrative using a combination of techniques including live action, 2D animation, CGI, and compositing.
She has shown her works in group shows both in Istanbul and the Bay Area, and had her first solo exhibition recently at staircase series in San Francisco. She graduated with a BA in Visual Communication Design from Sabanci University in Turkey and an MFA in animation/vfx/compositing in Academy of Arts University in San Francisco. She lives in Oakland and works in San Francisco.

Where: Real Time and Space, 125 10th St Oakland, CA 94607
When: Friday May 10th doors at 7 talks begin at 7:30pm

***In the spirit of community safety and accessibility, we are strongly encouraging attendees to wear a mask indoors.

Looking forward to being in exchange with you,

Brian and Kelley