https://altrbody.rip altærbody Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:56:40 +0000 https://altrbody.rip en https://altrbody.rip/home Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:56:40 +0000 altærbody https://altrbody.rip/home https://altrbody.rip/about Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:48:32 +0000 altærbody https://altrbody.rip/about about <img width="1508" height="1130" width_o="1508" height_o="1130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9acb77dc928994e7cf96f44588f803e92ce0d143ab6303c985c1a0f3fbd493b3/Screenshot-2026-04-09-at-12.56.08PM.png" data-mid="247011282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9acb77dc928994e7cf96f44588f803e92ce0d143ab6303c985c1a0f3fbd493b3/Screenshot-2026-04-09-at-12.56.08PM.png" /> ︎ fen root is a multimedia artist whose work stages playful and critical encounters with technologies of representation.&nbsp;they merge elements of performance, sculpture, photography and video to create environmental installations and standalone works that interrogate the social and psychic dynamics of territory, and the mutuality of identity, self, and place.fen has presented works and performances in solo and group exhibitions including Currents New Media, Harwood’s 6th Street Studio, STOA Center for Body Arts and Studies, The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Chispas Farm, and ABQ INT’L, among others. she is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.CV&nbsp;︎Vimeo&nbsp;︎ https://altrbody.rip/the-weather Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:32:06 +0000 altærbody https://altrbody.rip/the-weather the weather <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f03dae23276fdb2cf4957c46657cafb278986a23c05b5e6c4b165fbb88eb5211/IMG_6924-2.JPG" data-mid="247082647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f03dae23276fdb2cf4957c46657cafb278986a23c05b5e6c4b165fbb88eb5211/IMG_6924-2.JPG" /><img width="7265" height="4846" width_o="7265" height_o="4846" 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height="7952" width_o="5304" height_o="7952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fff4c837b6180cdd31e16e4090c196a8242897f34db66ae94393cd4e41a4ca49/Vigil-for-Ditto.jpg" data-mid="247082607" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fff4c837b6180cdd31e16e4090c196a8242897f34db66ae94393cd4e41a4ca49/Vigil-for-Ditto.jpg" /> THE WEATHER BORROWS ITS TITLE FROM CHRISTINA SHARPE’S IN THE WAKE:ON BLACKNESS AND BEING, WHERE “THE WEATHER” NAMES THE TOTALITY OF ANTIBLACKNESS AS AN ONGOING ATMOSPHERIC, AND ECOLOGICAL CONDITION—PERVASIVE , INESCAPABLE , AND STRUCTURING DAILY LIFE. COMPOSED OF SCULPTURAL AND TELEVISUAL WORKS, THE EXHIBITION CONSIDERS WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW, INHABIT, AND RE-IMAGINE “PLACE” AS A SUBALTERN SUBJECT WHOSE ONTOLOGICAL EXISTENCE IS BOTH DENIED AND DENIABLE VIA THE MACHINATIONS OF COLONIZATION AND ITS CONCOMITANT NORMATIVE BIOCENTRIC LOGICS. STAGED IN A ROOFLESS, WINDOWLESS WAREHOUSE BUILDING OPEN DIRECTLY TO THE SKY, AND CENTERED AROUND A SCULPTURAL VESSEL THAT FUNCTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS TRANSMITTER AND TRANSUBSTANTIATOR, THE WEATHER TREATS THE EXHIBITION VENUE ITSELF AS AN UNSTABLE, OCEANIC TERRAIN; A POETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A LANDSCAPE THAT IS AT ONCE EXTERNALLY REPRESENTED AND INTERNALLY LIVED. RATHER THAN OFFERING NARRATIVES OR STRATEGIES OF REPAIR OR RETURN, THE WEATHER EMBRACES EXPOSURE, RUINATION, ALIENATION, AND OPACITY AS STRATEGIES FOR REMAINING AND NAVIGATING WITHIN THE “ONGOING CATASTROPHE”, PARTICULARLY THE AFTERLIVES AND CONTINUED UNFOLDINGS OF SLAVERY AND PROPERTY, DISPOSSESSION, UNBELONGING, AND PLACELESSNESS. THE WORKS ENDURE THE ELEMENTS, AND DO NOT SEEK SHELTER OR HEALING, ASKING WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE WITHIN CONDITIONS THAT CANNOT BE EXITED OR TRANSCENDED, ONLY WEATHERED.The WeatherAN MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONby Fen Root March 9 - 28, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION: Mon. March 9th &nbsp;| &nbsp;6-8pmPUBLIC LECTURE: Weds. March 25th &nbsp;| &nbsp;3pm @ ARTSLabCLOSING RECEPTION: &nbsp;Sat. March 28th &nbsp;| &nbsp;6-8pm ABQ INT’L1206 Broadway Blvd. SEAlbuquerque, NM Digital catalog Thesis committee: Lee Montgomery, Mary Tsiongas, Kirsten Buick, Eva Hawyward, Erik Ehn