YUE NAKAYAMA: NONPLUS

Yue Nakayama’s Nonplus launches online on Wednesday, September 23.

Nonplus is a new work that examines ideas of empathy and survival in relation to the current societal and environmental crisis. The project will be performed and filmed in Houston and other areas of the southwest region of the US in anticipation of a large-scale video installation in the gallery with an entryway that alludes to a storefront “open” for business. Nakayama’s work encourages us to reflect upon the interconnectedness of our belief systems, ideas of procreation and extinction, and empathy-related emotions connected to maternity. As environmental disasters and systemic failures of our society continue, how do we locate and process our feelings during the time of apocalypse? More info…