STUDIO TOUR: MICHAEL JONES MCKEAN
The definition of the “work space” has become a point of focus in this past year of pandemic adjustment. Join artist Michael Jones McKean as he reflects on what his studio means to him and Twelve Earths as a whole.
FUTURES PLAY
Afro-Rithms sees an explosion of activity in 2021, with gameplay rippling out to reach partners at Stanford, Harvard, SUNY Buffalo, and the international Science Gallery network.
WE’RE HIRING!
Apply to join Fathomers for the summer as part of the 2021 Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program.
CARE POLITICS
Qianze Zhang talks with Sage Ni’Ja Whitson about The Unarrival Experiments and gestures of ritual, protest, and care.
NEA GRANT
The National Endowment for the Arts approves an Art Works grant to Fathomers for the development of The Unarrival Experiments, an ongoing project by artist Sage Ni’Ja Whitson.
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
Fathomers has been awarded a Pacific Standard Time research grant for Emergence, a bioart survey to be presented at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in fall 2024.
WEB LAUNCH
Michael Jones McKean unveils the website for his planetary sculpture, Twelve Earths.
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Fathomers is pleased to announce support for the publication of Agnieszka Kurant: Collective Intelligence, a conceptual monograph of the most recent decade of the artist’s work.
DIGITAL AFRO-RITHMS
The Afro-Rithms team pivots to creating a digital version of the game in 2020.
THE ALTERNATIVE ART SCHOOL
Fathomers is proud to support an artist scholarship for the inaugural class of the Alternative Art School.
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MEET: QIANZE ZHANG
Fathomers has a new intern as part of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program.
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DARK MATTER CYPHER
As part of Sage Ni’Ja Whitson’s project The Unarrival Experiments, the Dark Matter Cyphers bring together a range of artists, scholars, musicians, and scientists to experiment wildly in and about the dark.
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SCIENCE SPEED DATING: THE VIDEO!
Recapping an event to promote more accurate science representation in film and TV projects — and greater Black representation among scientists.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Fathomers has gathered the following selection of existing online resources for artists, philanthropists, and professionals working across creative disciplines.
SCIENCE SPEED DATING
A night of exploration dedicated to bringing the research of individuals underrepresented in the sciences to the forefront.
ALL THAT LIES OUT OF SIGHT
Join Fathomers’ curator-at-large David Kim for an illuminating conversation with Michael Jones McKean featured in the fall 2019 issue of Art Papers.
THE FALL
Michael Jones McKean’s latest work includes a vitrine developed with Twelve Earths collaborator John Vandenbrooks as a prototype of McKean’s Atmosphere.
LEIMERT PARK PLAY-TEST
Documentation from an Afro-Rithms gathering at the Black Speculative Arts Movement festival in September 2019.