
LOCATION: The Temple - 2400 Curtis St
EVENT CATEGORY: Art Events
PAST DATES AND TIMES
- Thu, Oct 31, 2019 - Fri, Jan 3, 2020
Altar(er) Hex is an exhibition curated by Hexus Collective, and opens at The Temple in Denver, CO, on October 31, 2019. The exhibition runs through January 3rd.
The exhibition emphasizes the altar as a vehicle for ritual exchange between humans and the divine. By presenting contemporary altars as platforms of resistance, altar-makers illustrate the potential of the altar as a tool for reclaiming power and agency from mainstream institutions. The exhibition also reflects the banishment of magic and magic practitioners to the margins of society and the forced development of secretive practices. Thus, featured artists are presented with the opportunity to negate this secrecy, while also revealing the concept of alterity, or “otherness,” in their multiple interwoven identities.
Hexus is a (semi)anonymous, artist-led curatorial collective seeking, finding and promoting mysticism through visual, performance and sound art. Formed among soulmates in 2018, our work is rooted in alterity theory and concerned especially with intersectional activism encompassing disability, queer folks, cyberfeminism, alliances with POCs, and anticapitalism. We emphasize collectivity as a strategy to reveal the importance of care and mutual dependency in resistance to socially dominant ideas about the productive bodymind within patriarchal capitalism.
"Trans Magic, Iteration 1" image courtesy of participating artist, Frankie Toan. Other participating artists include Faith Wilding, Suchitra Mattai, Mary Grace Bernard, Xuna Eternal, Eileen Roscina Richardson, Wyatt Scott, Laura Beacom, Viviane Le Courtois, Andi Todaro, Tya Anthony, Todd Herman, Lesley Craig, Catherine Nelson & JJ Austin, Julio Alejandro in collaboration with Hexus Collective, and Michael Sperandeo.
Nearby Galleries + Studio Buildings
- PlatteForum
2400 Curtis St (28 feet SE) - Processus, the institute for art and life
955 24th St (91 feet SE) - RedLine
2350 Arapahoe St (356 feet W) - Brian Trybus Designs Studio / 2520 LAR
2520 Larimer St (0.2 miles NW) - Lane Meyer Projects
2528 Walnut St (0.3 miles NW)
Nearby Places to Eat + Drink
- The Ramble Hotel
1280 W 25th St (0.2 miles NW) - Port Side
2500 Larimer St (0.2 miles NW) - Gerard’s Pool Hall
1305 26th St (0.3 miles N) - Il Posto
2601 Larimer St (0.3 miles N) - Matchbox
2625 Larimer St (0.3 miles N)
Nearby Walk/Bike/Park
- Bus Stop-Route 44
Lawrence St & 24th (761 feet NW) - Bus Stop-Route 44/48
Broadway & Arapahoe (819 feet SW) - Bus Stop-Route 44/48
Broadway & Lawrence (848 feet NW) - Bus Stop-Route 44
Lawrence St & 25th (881 feet NW) - Bus Stop-Route 44
Larimer St & 25th (0.2 miles NW)