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2021 BEAST
Bahareh Khoshooee, Coco Fusco, Dana Sherwood, Hyewon Keum, Lucy Kimbell, Marnie Weber, Matt Morris, Nina Katchadourian, Sissel Tolaas & Christina Agapakis, Sven Sachsalber, and Travis Mitzel. Research: The Institute for Interspecis Art and Relations
2020 DOOMSDAY (archive pending)Rob Amberg, Lise Autogena & Joshua Portway, James Bridle, Perry Chen, Diane Christiansen and Jeanne Dunnning, Lucas Foglia, Millian Pham Lien Giang, Nash Glynn, Max Guy, Anna Mayer, Lori Nix & Kathleen Gerber, Thomson & Craighead. Research: Gabrielle Rucker
2019:2019 (archive pending) Cream Co., Lindsey French, Katie Grafitan + beck haberstoth, Sabrina Granados, Cathy Hsiao, Timothy Hursley, Mary Mattingly, Travis Mitzel, Ariana Reines, Emily Shanahan, Misel Soto, Toni Zhao + Yiyao Chao (aoaoband)
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CCSSSR (2018 - ∞)
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The Collaborative Center for Storm, Space and Seismic Research (CCSSSR) is a non-profit publishing organization and research platform focusing on artist’s projects and research.
Operating under a new theme each year, for 2021, the theme is BEAST.
Field Guide
Select dates in the year of Beast research JANUARY 2021: Matt Morris
Matt Morris, I’ll be wearing ribbons down my Ben this bamf, 2017
Center Notes
Associated: Frankenstein Original Clip (video), Matt Morris “Blue Mirror” @ OBST (exhibition)
Image of SeaWorld Trainer Dawn Brancheau and Tilikum. On February 24, 2010, Tilikum pulled SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau into his pool and killed her. (National Geographic) “It’s Alive”
January 1
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by English author Mary Shelley is published (1818)
First American Aquarium Opens
January 1
The first aquarium in the US opens as a part of PT Barnum’s American Museum in New York City; the museum burned down in 1865 (1842)
Death of a Fantastic Beast
January 6 Tilikum, a captive orca at SeaWorld Orlando involved in the deaths of three people, dies from a bacterial infection (2017)
School Teacher Feeds Puppy to Turtle
January 7
Robert Crosland, an Idaho school teacher is found not guilty on animal cruelty, after feeding a live puppy to a snapping turtle (2019)
Broken Camel Breaks Back
January 10
Camel fatally tramples two people in Camel Kisses Farm near Wichita, TX. One victim is the owner of the farm (2015)
| A Guar is born January 8 A cloned Guar named Noah is born at Trans Ova Genetics in Sioux Center, Iowa, making it the first cloned endangered species. The guar died within 48 hours of birth (2001) |
| Stray Cat Saves Russian Newborn January 15Reports are shared from Kaluga region of Russia of a stray tabby whose cries called attention to an abandoned baby; the cat was found curled around the child keeping him warm (2015) |
Matt Morris, I’ll be wearing ribbons down my Ben this bamf, 2017Photograph made in Obst on March 23, 2017 with former gallery co-director Ben Regozin.
Installation view
The Collaborative Center for Storm, Space & Seismic Research (BEAST)