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New Origins - Level Unlocked

Past exhibition
10 February - 25 March 2023 Gallery
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New Origins; Level Unlocked by Chris Akordalitis, Grip Face, Alya Hatta, Minyoung Kim, Ralf Kokke, Yann Leto, Vanessa Morata, Jesse Morsberger, Taichi Nakamura, Koichi Sato Installation view
New Origins; Level Unlocked by Chris Akordalitis, Grip Face, Alya Hatta, Minyoung Kim, Ralf Kokke, Yann Leto, Vanessa Morata, Jesse Morsberger, Taichi Nakamura, Koichi Sato Installation view

In a world overloaded with images and references, New Origins – Level Unlocked reclaims remix as ritual—where memory, media, and intuition converge to unlock new modes of seeing.

New Origins – Level Unlocked is a group exhibition featuring ten international artists—Chris Akordalitis, Grip Face, Alya Hatta, Minyoung Kim, Ralf Kokke, Yann Leto, Vanessa Morata, Jesse Morsberger, Taichi Nakamura, and Koichi Sato—who explore the redefinition of originality in a hyperconnected, overstimulated world.

 

Curated with a critical text by Benedetta Monti, the exhibition examines how artists navigate memory, remix culture, and digital folklore in a landscape where images are continuously copied, decontextualized, and reassembled.

Rather than pursue novelty, the artists turn toward origins—not as a static beginning, but as a dynamic site of recombination. Their works engage with digital aesthetics, childhood nostalgia, diasporic identity, nature, and social critique through a shared logic of sampling, layering, and intuitive reinterpretation. Painting is the common thread, but the conceptual ground is expansive—pulling from video games, online memes, personal archives, rural environments, and the residues of mass media.

 

As remix culture reshapes artmaking and authorship, New Origins – Level Unlocked proposes a non-linear journey toward new awareness. It is an invitation to unlock deeper modes of seeing, interpreting, and remembering—where reuse becomes resistance, and the past is raw material for reimagination.

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