For this Artists at Work talk, ISCP artists-in-residence Carolina Maki Kitagawa Frisby and Joyce Joumaa will present their artistic practices and recent projects, followed by a conversation moderated by Melinda Lang, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, exploring their shared interests in how social and political structures shape everyday experience.
Carolina Maki Kitagawa Frisby’s sculptures merge landscape forms with cartoon-like imagery shaped by fragmented memory and an investment in the productive value of failure. Using analogue materials such as wood, concrete, clay, and paint, Kitagawa Frisby constructs spatially attentive works that explore awkwardness, breakdown, and social dysfunction. The artist explores visual representations of overlooked yet consequential phenomena such as, in their words “damage debris from surveillance communities, fetish racism, and time waste.” Kitagawa Frisby has exhibited work at Revuelta Queer House, Mexico City; Casa De Rubén, Querétaro; Guadalajara90210, Mexico City; Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City; Casa Equis, Mexico City; and ESXLA Gallery, Los Angeles, among others.