In an attempt to mend the rift generated by the dominant cultural understanding of the hero, the membership of Vox Populi present This Too Is A Threshold.
In a series of emergent works, the collective holds the shiny proto-narrative of the “hero’s journey” to the light. Abandoning promises of eminence and capital, the exhibition explores a more imperative post-individualist topography– where the concept of myth itself returns to its roots–where it is not something which is singular, fantastical, or untrue, but instead understood as the emergence of inherited and collective truth.
This Too Is A Threshold is one half of a collective swap between AUTOMAT Collective and Vox Populi. Both artist-run spaces will be showing their members’ work at each other’s respective gallery spaces.
Vox Populi is an evolving collective of artists dedicated to fostering experimental contemporary art through a non-hierarchical, inclusive, and equitable framework. Since 1988, Vox has served as a critical nexus within the Philadelphia arts ecosystem, presenting exhibitions, public programs, and performances, while remaining responsive to the shifting needs of our community.
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Not Bombs fundraiser! feat. Niche Kink / Ishtar Sr. / Layer Meat / Petite Mort | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Ekoh / Arankai | 7:30pm | The Loft - Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| Luvcat | 8:00pm | The Foundry | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassist Eli Pace and His Quintet | 7:30pm | Chris' Jazz Café | 21+ |
| Autoheart | 8:00pm | The Loft - Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| Steve Gunn | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Friends & Neighbors (André Roligheten - saxophones/clarinets/flute, Thomas Johansson - trumpet, Oscar Grönberg - piano, Jon Rune Strøm - double bass, Tollef Østvang - drums) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Besnard Lakes / Public Beach | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Eliza Niemi / Wax Girl / Pleasure Dome / Izzy True | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| SORRY | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Crypt Sermon / Mammoth Grinder | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Matt Mitchell & Sara Serpa | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Grayscale | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Juanita | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Saccata Quartet feat. Nels Cline & Chris Corsano | 7:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |