HYBRID Box extended
ERRATIC CURRENTS 17.–19.10. Jacolby Satterwhite "Blessed Avenue"
After three years the HYBRID Box has moved from its permanent location on the Festspielhaus front square in 2024 and has now become the HYBRID Box extended.
The HYBRID Box extended will make a temporary appearance in Dresden and beyond. In Dresden, the HYBRID Box extended 2024 will be represented by the three-part exhibition series “ERRATIC CURRENTS” in Dresden’s city center. For a total of three periods, ERRATIC CURRENTS will bring together works of art that build bridges to hidden, sometimes metaphysical territories. In the synthesis of digital precision and a dazzling indeterminacy created there, the echo of individual and collective identities can be perceived.
As part of the HYBRID Biennale (12.-27.10.2024), PYLON is presenting three special contemporary video works with ERRATIC CURRENTS at Kraftwerk Mitte 7 on three weekends each. In addition to works by Jacolby Satterwhite and Sondra Perry, a work by Martine Syms will also be shown.
The exhibition is open from Thursday – Saturday from 16:00-19:00.
„Blessed Avenue“ by Jacolby Satterwhite
“Blessed Avenue” by Jacolby Satterwhite will be on display from October 17-19 and explores the relationship between the body, technology and memory by merging dream worlds with digital spaces. The work uses 3D animations and personal fragments to re-contextualize familial memories in hyper-real landscapes. In doing so, Satterwhite poses fundamental identity questions about belonging, community and the possibility of redefining oneself within digital environments.
The piece is centred on Satterwhite’s exploration of his relationship with his late mother, Patricia Satterwhite, whose creative output – comprising drawings, lyrics and vocal recordings – provides the emotional core of the project. By combining personal narratives with high-tech artistry, Blessed Avenue offers a poignant reflection on the dynamics of intergenerational collaboration, the experience of grief, and the resilience of creative expression.
By incorporating his mother’s recordings, Satterwhite ensures the immortality of her artistic voice while simultaneously integrating it into his broader investigation of Black queer identity and futurism. This synthesis of the past and the present, of the analogue and the digital, reflects the artist’s broader engagement with themes of memory, loss and the ways in which technology can both preserve and transform personal narratives.
Additional Exhibition Dates
24.-26.10 „IT’S IN THE GAME“ by Sondra Perry
10.-12.10. „DED“ by Martine Syms
ERRATIC CURRENTS is a project by PYLON in cooperation with HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts as part of the HYBRID Biennale 2024.
The screening series ERRATIC CURRENTS is a cooperation between PYLON and Hellerau – European Center for the Arts and is funded by the City of Dresden – Office for Culture and Monument Protection and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony as well as by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony. This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament. The premises are partly provided by Wir Gestalten Dresden and Kreativ.Raum.Börse.
