The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The Alien She gallery exhibition opened at Vox Populi on Friday, March 7th 2014. The opening crowd was estimated at over 1,000 making the exhibition of the most successful events in the history of the gallery. Alien She was curated by Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss, former Riot Grrrls from Los Angeles and the Bay Area, and organized by the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.
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All Photographs by GreenHouse Media/Jessica Kourkounis and courtesy of Vox Populi Gallery
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, and artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi discuss Takahashi’s work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Stephanie Bursese, Interim Executive Director and Project Coordinator for Alien She, speaks with Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, and artist L.J. Roberts during the gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, and artist L.J. Roberts discuss Roberts’ work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The audience listens to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Exhibition Preparators, Tesar Freeman and Claire Freemont, listen to Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, during the gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, speaks about the ideas behind the exhibition during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Stephanie Bursese, Interim Executive Director and Project Coordinator for Alien She, introduces Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, before her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Stephanie Bursese, Interim Executive Director and Project Coordinator for Alien She, introduces Astria Suparak, Co-Curator of Alien She, before her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the collection of original zines on the zine wall during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the work of Allyson Mitchell installed in Vox Populi’s performance space, AUX, on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the work of Allyson Mitchell installed in Vox Populi’s performance space, AUX, on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors interacting with the work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
A visitor interacts with the music vitrine curated by Ginger Brooks Takahashi during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the flyer wall during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the work of Ginger Brooks Takahashi during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
The program for the music vitrines installed on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the work of Ginger Brooks Takahashi during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors interacting with the music vitrinesl during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors interacting with the work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Artist L.J. Roberts discusses their work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, and artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi discuss Takahashi’s work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi visits with friends and speaks with audience members during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi visits with friends and speaks with audience members during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, speaks about the ideas behind the exhibition during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, speaks about the ideas behind the exhibition during her gallery talk on the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, listening to her introduction during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Astria Suparak, co-curator of Alien She, listening to her introduction during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors interacting with the work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors interacting with the work during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Exhibition Preparator, Tesar Freeman, and Artist, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, talk during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Visitors looking at the work of Miranda July during the opening night of the Alien She exhibition.
Installation view: Zine Archive (1991-2013), Various Artists, A sampling of zines and distribution catalogues primarily from the original Riot Grrrl movement. The zines cover a range of topics such as sexism, empowerment, fat activism, mental illness, gender identity, violence, racism, homophobia and sex work. Image courtesy of Vox Populi.
The Alien She gallery exhibition opened at Vox Populi on Friday, March 7th 2014. The opening crowd was estimated at over 1,000 making the exhibition of the most successful events in the history of the gallery. Alien She was curated by Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss, former Riot Grrrls from Los Angeles and the Bay Area, and organized by the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University.
