ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space

2015-16

American, born 1979

Multi-media installation

180 x 300 x 60 in. (457.2 x 762 x 152.5 cm)

Projection: 3:59 minutes

Purchased with funds from Josef Vascovitz and Lisa Goodman, Alida and Christopher Latham, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Art Acquisition Fund

2017.16

Provenance: The artist; [Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects]; acquired March 15, 2017

Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, June 18 - Sept. 7, 2015 (Los Angeles, California, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Oct. 18, 2015 - Mar. 13, 2016; Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum, Apr. 29 - Sept. 18, 2016). Text by Pamela McClusky and Erika Dalya Massaquoi. No cat. no., pp. 52-57.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Lessons from the Institute of Empathy, Mar. 31, 2018 - ongoing.

Published Referencesc.f. Johnson, Ken. “Saya Woolfalk: ‘ChimaTEK: Hybridity Visualization System.’” New York Times, February 20, 2015: p. C21.

c.f. Kourlas, Gia. “Fantastical Visions at a Transit Hub, App Required.” New York Times, June 20, 2016: p. C5.

Johnson, Ken. “Toward a Mask for the 21st Century.” New York Times, June 24, 2016: p. C24.

Joseph, Alanah. “Artist Saya Woolfalk Is Challenging Ideas of Race and Cultural Boundaries.” Huffington Post, June 10, 2016.

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