Space 1026: Wild Paradise
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2022 | 6-9pm | Free-To-Attend
Friday, September 9, 2022 – Sunday, October 16, 2022
Presented in Commons Space
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Vox Populi is open Noon-6pm, Fridays-Sundays, or by appointment (email: vox@voxpopuligallery.org). Masks encouraged while on site.
About the Exhibition
Space 1026 takes over Vox Populi’s Commons Space with a friendly collection of work from members and alumni. While our perspectives and media are diverse, we are united by Space 1026’s long standing ethos: do it yourself with other people. Evoking the assemblage of row homes that constitute Philadelphia neighborhoods, reclaimed wood furniture and tape sculptures accompany 2D work while sound installations recall a distant car radio on Washington Ave on a hot summer day. Paper mache critters and other surprises scattered about the exhibition unite the work, and an episode of our live Art Shopping Network airing just in time for dinner to digest.
Neighborhood elementary schools and churches become apartments, empty lots turn into Targets. We examine similar shifts in our own bodies and lives as we reflect on a city that looks much different than it did during the early years of Space 1026. As the ailanthus persisting through cracks in the sidewalk of every neighborhood proclaims, there can never be a space big enough to separate us and the wildness of creation and collaboration. Members come and go, move across the world, change disciplines, attend schools, get jobs, have families. Our lives pull our energies to our respective responsibilities yet we often return to the wild, wild gravity of this collective.
About Space 1026
Space 1026 is a collective of artists, musicians, makers, and dreamers. Formed in 1997, they established a gallery and studio spaces at 1026 Arch St. in Philadelphia’s Chinatown before moving to their current location on N. Broad St. in 2019. Space 1026 continues to provide studio spaces, print membership, and a gallery/performance space.
More Info: space1026.com / @Space1026
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
Please note that Vox Populi is located on the third floor of a historic warehouse building at 319 N. 11th Street and that there are five steps leading from the street-level to the first-floor landing where the passenger elevator picks-up/drops-off. The entry into/out of the elevator is 29-inches wide, so may not accommodate all wheelchairs or motorized chairs. Any individual requiring a ramp to navigate this entryway is encouraged to get in touch with Vox Populi ahead of time to coordinate ramp-access and discuss accessibility details. Our ramps may not be suitable for all wheelchairs or motorized chairs, so we strongly encourage anyone requiring a ramp to be in touch at: events@voxpopuligallery.org or 215.238.1236
Covid Precautions: All visitors to Vox Populi are encouraged to wear a high-quality mask over their mouth and nose at all times while on-site, or when not actively consuming food or beverage.