Developed by independent curator Elizabeth Rooklidge while in residence at After 1920, A Show About Touching presents a group of artists exploring experiences of women’s desire through the evocation of bodily touch.

Working in a wide range of mediums, artists in the exhibition include Jessica Buie, D.S. Chapman, Kate Clark, Flavia D’Urso, Sarah Farnsworth, Emily Harter, Amel Nelson, Tessie Salcido Whitmore, and Chantal Wnuk.

Opening reception March 30th, on view through May 31st by appointment.

“The garden, in its traditional sense, is a privileged site for planetary intermingling. Each garden, necessarily enhanced by species from all corners of the globe, can be looked upon as a planetary index. Each gardener can be considered an intermediary for encounters among species not necessarily, a priori, destined to meet.” - Gilles Clément

A group show made in collaboration by project spaces After 1920 and sspatz featuring artists Carlos Castro Arias, John Dombroski, Eva Gentner, Işık Kaya, Anand Stadtländer, Dana Washington, Miriam Wieser, and Anas.

Join us on March 30th from 7pm - 10pm for a one year anniversary celebration. Resident Jonas Mikosch Müller-Ahlheim, visual artist and co-founder of sspatz, will present “Humus: Magic Springs in a Planetary Garden”. Collaborator Paul Schumacher will share initial architectural plans for the reimagined studio space to be built onsite this summer. A musical performance by A Hundred Ghosts, light refreshments, and wine will complete the evening.

Collaborators Amanda Lanthorne & Grant Knapp will host a screening of films from The Unarius Academy of Science, a spiritual school, based in El Cajon, CA, that studied the "interdimensional understanding of energy" through the principles of reincarnation and the belief in extraterrestrial intelligence. Early adopters of video production, the Unarians channelled and re-enacted their previous lives on Earth and beyond in wildly inventive DIY films that incorporated otherworldy costumes, guerilla filming techniques, ingenious special effects and elaborate sets. Their cosmic leader, Archangel Uriel, a clairvoyant with a fondness for glittery dresses, rainbow capes and benevolent aliens, permanently altered the minds of her fellow "Space Brothers" across America — from late-night stoners to true seekers — through a long running appearance on public access television. Bootlegged and sought out by collectors for decades, join us for a selection of American outsider cinema at its weirdest. 

Resident Carolina Montejo will read from Vol. II of  Mission Ceres, Enkyklios Paideia, completed while in residency. Montejo will also screen raw and in-process films created over the course of her residency. The closing reception will also serve as a secondary exhibition revealing the artist's process.

Join resident artist Carolina Montejo and guest artist Robert Andrade for an evening of improvisational music responding to Mission Ceres. Elements collected from the performance will inform and manifest in future iterations of Montejo's ongoing body of work. 

Join us for the official debut of After 1920 and in celebration of the program's inaugural resident, Carolina Montejo. Works from Montejo's current body of work, Mission Ceres will be on display and the artist will offer guests a behind the scenes look at in-progress works from her first month in residency. This is a closed, invitation only event. Please contact us if you would like to receive information on this or future events at: hello@after1920.com