Commonwealth and Council

Familial Technologies

Jennifer Moon

Press Release
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Dad's "vision board"

Dad's "vision board"

2018 

Paint, wood, inkjet print, watercolor, collage, Rainbow Scratch Paper, pen, marker, stickers, mixed media 

Dimensions variable 

Works on paper and sculpture by Kyung Ho Moon 

Art therapy project 1: What is your role in the family? Past, present, future 

Art therapy project 2: Make a “monster”/hybrid doll of the Moon Family 

Art therapy project 3: Alter Moon family portrait— what do you think of each member of the family? 

Art therapy project 4: Scratch your memories on cards 

Art therapy project 5: Paint your happy place

Kyung Moon's Avakin Life

Kyung Moon's Avakin Life

2018 

Video, color, sound, total running time variable; new screen-recorded, real time virtual world sessions will be added for a total of six approx. 1-hour sessions throughout the duration of the exhibition

Kyung Moon's studio loft

Kyung Moon's studio loft

2018  

Inkjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

10.75 x 16.6 in (27.3 x 42.16 cm)

Kyung Moon

Kyung Moon

2018 

Lightjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Dad's "vision board," detail

Dad's "vision board," detail

Mom's "vision board"

Mom's "vision board"

2018 

Paint, wood, inkjet print, watercolor, collage, Rainbow Scratch Paper, pen, marker, stickers, mixed media 

Dimensions variable 

Works on paper and sculpture by Wan Hee Moon 

Art therapy project 1: What is your role in the family? Past, present, future 

Art therapy project 2: Make a “monster”/hybrid doll of the Moon Family 

Art therapy project 3: Alter Moon family portrait— what do you think of each member of the family? 

Art therapy project 4: Scratch your memories on cards 

Art therapy project 5: Paint your happy place

Puppy Dragon's Avakin Life

Puppy Dragon's Avakin Life

2018 

Video, color, sound, total running time variable; new screen-recorded, real time virtual world sessions will be added for a total of six approx. 1-hour sessions throughout the duration of the exhibition 

Puppy Dragon's studio loft

Puppy Dragon's studio loft

2018  

Inkjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

10.75 x 16.6 in (27.3 x 42.16 cm)

Puppy Dragon

Puppy Dragon

2018 

Lightjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Mom's "vision board," detail

Mom's "vision board," detail

Stefan's "vision board"

Stefan's "vision board"

2018 

Paint, wood, inkjet print, watercolor, collage, Rainbow Scratch Paper, pen, marker, stickers, mixed media 

Dimensions variable 

Works on paper and sculpture by Stefan Moon 

Art therapy project 1: What is your role in the family? Past, present, future 

Art therapy project 2: Make a “monster”/hybrid doll of the Moon Family 

Art therapy project 3: Alter Moon family portrait— what do you think of each member of the family? 

Art therapy project 4: Scratch your memories on cards 

Art therapy project 5: Paint your happy place

stefanmoon's Avakin Life

stefanmoon's Avakin Life

2018 

Video, color, sound, total running time variable; new screen-recorded, real time virtual world sessions will be added for a total of six approx. 1-hour sessions throughout the duration of the exhibition 

stefanmoon's studio loft

stefanmoon's studio loft

2018  

Inkjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  10.75 x 16.6 in (27.3 x 42.16 cm)

stefanmoon

stefanmoon

2018 

Lightjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Stefan's "vision board," detail

Stefan's "vision board," detail

Jennifer's "vision board"

Jennifer's "vision board"

2018 

Paint, wood, inkjet print, watercolor, collage, Rainbow Scratch Paper, pen, marker, stickers, mixed media 

Dimensions variable

Art therapy project 1: What is your role in the family? Past, present, future

Art therapy project 2: Make a “monster”/hybrid doll of the Moon Family

Art therapy project 3: Alter Moon family portrait— what do you think of each member of the family? 

Art therapy project 4: Write your memories on cards

Art therapy project 5: Paint your happy place 

expansivelove's Avakin Life

expansivelove's Avakin Life

2018 

Video, color, sound, total running time variable; new screen-recorded, real time virtual world sessions will be added for a total of six approx. 1-hour sessions throughout the duration of the exhibition 

expansivelove's Black Forest apartment

expansivelove's Black Forest apartment

2018 

Inkjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood 

10.75 x 16.6 in (27.3 x 42.16 cm)

expansivelove

expansivelove

2018 

Lightjet print, Dibond, laminate, wood  

30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Jennifer's "vision board," detail

Jennifer's "vision board," detail

The Moons

The Moons

1991 

Photograph in frame 

33.5 x 29.5 x 2 in (85.09 x 74.93 x 5.08 cm)

Entangled Black Hole

Entangled Black Hole

2018 

Bamboo, hemp thread, dental floss, Metallic Thread Unryu Paper, gold paint, LED lights, projector, vinyl 

Approx. 81 x 122.5 x 46 in (205.74 x 311.14 x 116.84 cm) 

Made by Laub

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

Entangled Black Hole, detail

The family within the state; the state within the family—how power is exerted onto and transmitted through bodies—OR how I learned to give and receive love and my recursive attempts to feel loved, 2018
GIF file, inkjet prints
Installation dimensions variable
Koch snowflake, Koch curve GIF by Leofun01 from Wikimedia Commons


The reiterative action of trauma: my trauma produces your trauma, which produces my trauma, which produces your trauma—Oh no, my rage looks just like my dad’s!, 2018
GIF file, inkjet prints
Installation dimensions variable
Sierpinski Triangle (10 Level) GIF by Lance Skelly from GrabCad Community


Capitalism can co-opt any dissidence: I guess I’m capitalizing off of this too, 2018
GIF file, inkjet prints
Installation dimensions variable
Visual Performance Spinning GIF by Feliks Tomasz Konczakowski via Giphy


We share the same identity, experience the same traumas, and are being valued the same at this moment, but right now the amount of trauma I feel is 0.1 more than yours, 2018
GIF file, inkjet prints
Installation dimensions variable
Simulation Chaos GIF by Wolfram Research via Giphy 

5% Venn diagram, 2016, reprinted 2018
Inkjet print
17 x 17 in (43.18 x 43.18 cm)


Double-slit experiment, 2018 Inkjet print
17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)


A diffraction apparatus for identities and emotions to disentangle from the 5%, 2018
Inkjet print
21 x 16 in (53.34 x 40.64 cm)
Entangled black hole graphic by Nilo Goldfarb 

IRL Family Therapy

IRL Family Therapy

2018 

Video, color, silent, total running time variable; new family therapy sessions with Dr. Kris Yi will be added for a total of six approx. 1-hour sessions throughout the duration of the exhibition

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Mr. Snuggles with St. Jennifer Moon

Mr. Snuggles with St. Jennifer Moon

2018 

Fabric, laser print image transfers 

116.5 x 45 in (295.91 x 114.3 cm)

Sewing assistance by Wan Hee Moon and Rachel Silver

✨ Mr. Snuggles FOREVER ✨

✨ Mr. Snuggles FOREVER ✨

2018 

Mr. Snuggles' bones, glass, resin, wood, thread, wire, glue 

Approx. 14 x 31 x 21.5 in (35.56 x 78.73 x 54.61 cm) 

Bone articulation by David Bell and Joel Freeman

Installation view

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✨ Mr. Snuggles FOREVER ✨ fanny pack

✨ Mr. Snuggles FOREVER ✨ fanny pack

2018 

Mr. Snuggles' pelt, leather, webbing, glass, metal zippers, metal clasps 

Approx. 6 x 20 x 15.5 in (15.24 x 50.8 x 39.36 cm) 

Taxidermy and leather work by Divya Anantharaman