Next week, Cristo Riffo’s exhibition — Constellations — opens at the Elektra Gallery (5445 de Gaspé Avenue #104). The show runs March 13th–April 27th with the vernissage from 5-9pm on Wednesday, March 13th. The exhibition highlights two of Cristo’s current projects: Sistema Cinco: Non-Human Determinations and The Self Writing Manifesto. There is also a special immersive performance as part of the show on April 11th by Cristo and Diego B.C.

Go check out Cristo’s exhibition and see some of the work he’s been doing at Milieux!

From the Elektra website:

The artist’s work conveys and explores the complexity and contradictions of history, politics and technology. Using robotics, electronics, chemistry and microbiology, he creates poetic translations of reality with what he calls “philosophical machines”: machines that attempt to cope with the expansion of topics such as neo-fascism, disinformation wars and the exploitation of the other and of nature.

The exhibition Constellations explores through two artworks the microcosmos and its interactions with the macrocosmos, as biological and social constructs. The first work, Sistema Cinco: Non-Human Determinations discusses the relationships of microorganisms superimposing nature’s molecular technologies with human-made ones, using a microscope, A.I. and drone imagery to reimagine cybernetic management. The other one, The Self Writing Manifesto, is a microscopic observation exercise to extend temporalities of mycelium and its architectures, stretching our perception of non-human growth in time and scale.

These machines have been conceptualized using light and shadow, the warmth of wood and the rigidity of metal, as well as found images and historical archive footage. They take the form of kinetic installations, bio-art pieces and audiovisual performances. In this way, each “philosophical machine”, through its use of form and materiality, demonstrates an expanded perception of art and aims to amplify reality.

For more information about the exhibition and artist, click here.