6727 7/8 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028
Sunday, May 5 at 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Ends May 18, 2019
Noysky Projects and KRÆ syndikatet (Syndicate of Creatures) presents, Meat and Mysticism, an interdisciplinary exhibition that re-establishes human connections with the natural world through ritual.
Works from Meat and Mysticism provoke a tactile experience through art to shake the notion of detachment so often addressed in the western world, using a personal bodily sensations as a way to critique the patriarchal capitalistic society. This exhibition is born from an urge to rebel against the mantra of “bigger, better, faster, stronger”, instead opting for "tactile, quiet, strange, organic."
The exhibition consists of a broad range of materials, including video, photography, performance, latex, stone, teeth, bone and growths, working with meat/flesh and mysticism as tools. The artworks can be tactile blankets that resemble placentas, a bone installation from ritual feasts, or a performance that subverts sexist slurs.
Meat and Mysticism revives many of the ancient human traditions that utilize talismans, giving objects increased value by infusing them with meaning through ritual. Artists work with meat and placentas to regrow a connection to our organic nature while placing meaning in matter to enhance an earthly kinship.