Studios Inc. is excited to announce “Identitetsspel/Identity Play”, an exhibition by Miguel Rivera & Eric Saline. Studios Inc. will host an opening reception from 5 – 8 pm on March 13th, and the exhibition will remain on view through May 9th. An artist talk will take place April 9th, from 6 to 9 pm.
“Our collaboration is rooted in the “post-digital,” a domain where the historical weight of traditional printmaking meets the precision of computer-aided design and manufacture. Though our partnership began as a digital dialogue between two artists and educators, it has evolved into a nomadic studio practice — one that reflects our own histories of travel and migration. We find common ground in the tension between the machine and the hand, utilizing CNC routers, laser engravers, and plotter-cutters as natural extensions of the traditional copper printing press. For us, the digital toolset is not a replacement for craft, but a vessel for navigating the fluid boundaries of identity and place.
The work we produce is the result of a deliberate exchange of labor and trust, a cartography of shared experience. By trading “unresolved” prints — works-in-progress intentionally left open for the other to finish — we dissolve the boundaries of independent practice and embrace the radical perspective of the “other.” This process of passing work back and forth through a gauntlet of different software and hardware creates a rhythmic, physical conversation that mirrors the transient nature of a life lived across cultures. Whether navigating the structural layers of a relief print or the delicate lines of a drypoint, our goal is to merge our individual sensibilities into a singular vision that celebrates diverse otherness. In our shared installations, we aim to activate the gallery space through a play of scale and materiality. We move fluidly between the intimate and the monumental, from small A4 experiments to expansive, site-specific works on transparency film and modular relief pieces. Through themes of displacement and spatial exploration, we invite the viewer to witness a dialogue that spans years and continents. Our work is a testament to the belief that the future of printmaking lies in this hybrid space — where the heritage of the multiple is reinvented through the shifting, nomadic possibilities of the post-digital era.” — Rivera & Saline
