A Split During Laughter at the Rally
Reena Spaulings Fine Art•May 04, 2017 — Jun 04, 2017
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For her first show at the gallery, Juliana Huxtable presents a new series of poster-sized prints mounted on sheet metal with DIY refrigerator magnets, along with a new video and a wall diagram. Tapping into the delirium of online conspiracy theories, trolling, rampant intersectionality, and the viral production of post-truth, Huxtable elaborates a digital info-shop aesthetic to map the productive chaos of contemporary identity politics. Transsexual and postgender activism, non-binary identification, YT skinhead culture, witchcraft, and the invisible toxicity of wifi microwaves, among many other mutant subcultural rumors and strains, all vie for attention in a paranoiac décor suggestive of a walk-in freezer. Here truthers, trolls, wiki warriors and bots propagate simultaneous and warring narratives while actively eroding any remaining belief in the “non-fiction world.”
In the video, a handful of kombucha drinking protesters marches through Bushwick chanting “No Trump, no KKK no fascist…
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A Split During Laughter at the Rally
Reena Spaulings Fine Art•May 04, 2017 — Jun 04, 2017
Press Release
For her first show at the gallery, Juliana Huxtable presents a new series of poster-sized prints mounted on sheet metal with DIY refrigerator magnets, along with a new video and a wall diagram. Tapping into the delirium of online conspiracy theories, trolling, rampant intersectionality, and the viral production of post-truth, Huxtable elaborates a digital info-shop aesthetic to map the productive chaos of contemporary identity politics. Transsexual and postgender activism, non-binary identification, YT skinhead culture, witchcraft, and the invisible toxicity of wifi microwaves, among many other mutant subcultural rumors and strains, all vie for attention in a paranoiac décor suggestive of a walk-in freezer. Here truthers, trolls, wiki warriors and bots propagate simultaneous and warring narratives while actively eroding any remaining belief in the “non-fiction world.”
In the video, a handful of kombucha drinking protesters marches through Bushwick chanting “No Trump, no KKK no fascist…






