The nonprofit, artist-run network Tiger Strikes Asteroid has five locations across the U.S. in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Greenville, South Carolina. Their network of artists is vast, as they work to promote emerging, mid-career, and established creatives. “It feels like the first time,” a new show at Mana Contemporary in Pilsen, grazes the surface of the artists involved in the community.
Mirroring this type of tension is Greenville TSA founder April Dauscha‘s video and physical pieces, Sash, 2020 and Ancestral Interaction (sash), 2021. For approximately one minute, the viewer watches tulle and silk with beads and thread being dragged over a person’s skin. Underneath the tulle, the viewer can see what appears to be a human body, but it’s unclear what area it is until the final reveal. The figure breathes as their body moves up and down and shadows dance on their skin.
Through 9/30: schedule an appointment online; Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop, manacontemporary.com.
