On the Edge of Time, a series of web-based events addressing the future of humanity, nature, and technology. Inspired by historical utopian thinking, the bimonthly series seeks out proposed frameworks to confront current and future ecological challenges. The series unfolds through July 2023 with programming that explores research on systems created in symbiosis with the natural world and speculative ecological futures. The series is presented by our 2022/2023 curatorial fellow Rokhsane Hovaida.
Rokhsane Hovaida is an independent curator with a research focus on the relationship between digital culture and socially engaged practice. Previously, she has held positions in programming and communications at art institutions and galleries in the US and UK, where she has collectively organized over thirty exhibitions with a particular focus on community engagement and the digital experience. Rohksane holds a MA in Curating the Contemporary from London Metropolitan University and a BS in Business Administration and Art History from San Diego State University. She is currently based in San Diego, California.
Video Still from “Rizomes” by Carolina Montejo
[On the Edge of Time] part 1 : Rizomas
Recorded on October 20, 2022, Prospect Art curatorial fellow Rokhsane Hovaida speaks with the artist Carolina Montejo about her 2021 video work titled “Rizomas”. Watch both the video and Q&A session here.
Video Still from “Retonar” by Santiago Tamayo Soler
image provided by the artist
[On the Edge of Time] part 2 : Retornar
Recorded on January 7, 2023, Prospect Art curatorial fellow Rokhsane Hovaida introduces Santiago Tamayo Soler during an interactive workshop and Q/A.
Using MagicaVoxel, the artist invited participants throughout the workshop to contribute suggestions and additions to a collectively built scene set in a futuristic Latin America.
[On the Edge of Time] part 3 :
Ecosystems: Rehearsing Collectivity
Recorded on April 29, 2023, Prospect Art curatorial fellow Rokhsane Hovaida introduces Dora Durkesac as she leads the interactive workshop Ecosystems: Rehearsing Collectivity. The collaborative workshop helps imagine collective living through co-creating systems, and strives for an exploratory community where natural and digital structures regenerate human ones.