Metabolic Loop
January 21 - May 16, 20276
Onsite Gallery
Alyssa Alikpala
Maria Simmons
Curated by GAS Collective
Metabolic Loop explores the in-betweenness of natural and artificial environments through the concept of metabolism. Curated by GAS Collective, the two-person exhibition features immersive works by artists Alyssa Alikpala and Maria Simmons. It foregrounds their artistic practices that render largely inaccessible environments such as peatlands, and invisible experiences such as metabolism more accessible, accentuating the tension and balance involved in translating natural phenomena into gallery spaces through technological means.
Read the full curatorial essay here
All photo documentation by Polina Teif
About GAS Collective
Taking the initials of our names: Gizem Candan, Ann Tong Li and Steffi Sin Tung Ng, we, three graduates from OCAD’s MFA Criticism and Curatorial Practice program, formed the GAS collective. We are brought together not only by the two years we spent closely with each other, but also by our shared identity being first-generation Asian immigrants and women of colour. As the word gas evokes the air we breathe and bathe, our identity, invisible but omnipresent, intangible but vital, is simultaneously reminded of in the art scene and society just like air to the human species.
