Jason Hirata, Christian Alborz Oldham, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Ricardo Valentim
Off-site at 522 w 37th St, Fl 2, New York, NY 10018
December 1 - December 21, 2022

522 West 37th Street is a three story brick building built in 1910 that the city plans to demolish as part of the expansion of the Hudson Yards development.

Jason Hirata was born in Seattle, Washington in 1986. His work examines forms of recognition in spaces of alienated labor and contours therein. He has exhibited at Fanta MLN, Milan; Kunstverein Nürnberg; Artists Space, New York; Svetlana, New York; 80WSE at NYU; Theta, New York; Ulrik, New York; the Wig, Berlin; and Kunsthalle Fribourg.

Christian Alborz Oldham is concerned with what surrounds production and the lives of things. Oldham is founder of Flower Planet, an artwork and school in Berlin, Germany, dedicated to the study of flowers, their propagation, and arrangement with objects and ideas.

Artist and designer Bogosi Sekhukhuni (b. 11991 HE, South Africa) offers considerations on cultures and histories of technology. Since 12012, Sekhukhuni’s work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions, including Fondazione Prada, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Sharjah Art Foundation, New Museum, MCA Chicago, Auto Italia South Ea, Foxy Production. They have been awarded the Prix Net Art Award, Rhizome, New York. Sekhukhuni is a founding member of the artist group NTU (South Africa) and has worked closely with CUSS Group (South Africa).

Ricardo Valentim is a Portuguese-born American conceptual artist based between Southern California and Lisbon. Exhibitions include: Obras de La Colección de Javier Villanueva: Ricardo Valentim, Mexico City (2022); Kunst und Freundschaft, Galerie Lars Friedrich, Berlin (2021); Library, Svetlana, New York (2016); Post, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2013); Growth and Culture, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto (2012); The New Typography, Andrew Roth, New York (2012); MDE11, Medellín (2011); Manifesta 7, Trentino-Alto Adige (2008); and Film Festival, Le Plateau, FRAC Île-de-France, Paris (2008). In 2018, Valentim co-curated with Ana Jotta from A to C, an exhibition of works by Al Cartio and Constance Ruth Howes at Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.

Photography: Stefany Lazar

 
 
A brown table and a black chair in an office with a white binder on top. The office walls are covered with beige granite tiles to approx. eye height.
A brown table and a black chair in an office with a white binder on top. The office walls are covered with tan colored tiles to approx. eye height.

Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham
Flower Planet: A Call for Support, 2022
Text

An open binder that shows a page of text (titled Flower Planet - A Call for Support) describing a business plan for an artwork and institute. The text is written by Christian Alborz Oldham.

Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham
Flower Planet: A Call for Support, 2022
Text

An open binder that shows two pages of text describing a business plan for Flower Planet – an artwork and institute. The text is written by Christian Alborz Oldham.

Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham
Flower Planet: A Call for Support, 2022
Text

Installation shot of a small sculpture made of wood, leather and leather sits on an office floor. The office walls are covered with beige granite tiles to approx. eye height.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #4, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal

A small sculpture made of wood, leather and leather sits on an office floor. The office walls are covered with beige granite tiles to approx. eye height.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #4, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal

Exhibition and artists information on a counter for the exhibition.
 
View of a wood door and a gray door that are next to each other. The wood door has a red sign (“WARM”) on it and the gray door has a blue sign (“COOL”) on it.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

 
Close-up view of the blue “COOL” sign and braille code below text. Label text and braille are white on a blue background.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

Close-up view of the red “WARM” sign and braille translation below text. Label text and braille are white on a red background.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

 
View of the communications and electrical equipment room that’s behind the “COOL” door. An air conditioner installed by the artist is visible on the left. The cool air side of the air conditioner faces in.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

 
 
View of the communications and electrical equipment room that’s behind the “COOL” door. An air conditioner installed by the artist is visible in the middle. The cool air side of the air conditioner faces in.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

 
Close-up view of the air conditioner installed in the “COOL” room. The cool air side of the air conditioner faces in.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

Close-up view of a drywall patch that replaced an air vent in the “COOL” room

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

Close-up view of a drywall patch that replaced an air vent in the “COOL” room

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

An AC unit in a room, attached to the wall with two clear plastic containers on the floor underneath it. A large copy machine is next to the AC unit.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

Closeup of an AC unit mounted on the wall.

Jason Hirata
Two Rooms, year completed: 2022
AC unit, door labels, two rooms

A long, narrow room with the half bottom of the walls painted dirty maroon. A computer monitor, a keyboard and a mouse sit on a desk with a dirty maroon chair in front. Three speakers are in the back of the room.

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

 
A computer monitor, a keyboard and a mouse sit on a desk with a chair in front of it. Two windows are open on the monitor.

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

 
A computer monitor, a keyboard and a mouse sit on a desk. On the monitor, Apple Mail program is open showing an email with a picture of a cat in a storefront window. Itunes is also open, showing a playlist.

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
(left on the screen)
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
(right on the screen)
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

Screenshot of an IOS desktop. Apple Mail program is open, showing an email with pictures of a text message and a picture of the backseats of a car. Itunes is also open, showing a playlist.

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
(left on the screen)
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
(right on the screen)
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

Screenshot of an IOS desktop. Apple Mail program is open, showing an email with a picture of books in a storefront window. Itunes is also open, showing a playlist.

Christian Alborz Oldham, et al.
(left on the screen)
Update, initiated 2018
E-mails with texts, links, and various attachments

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
(right on the screen)
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

A large speaker sits on the floor in the center. Two small speakers are mounted on the wall in the back, next to the corners of the room. The walls are painted dirty maroon on the bottom part.

Organized by Christian Alborz Oldham/C.G. Roxane
Selected UK Garage Tracks, initiated 2016
548 MP3/WAV audio files ranging from 128 kbps to lossless audio quality, 7.23 Gigabytes, played sequentially: 2 days, 5 hrs

 
Looking through the doorway, a folding table with multiple publications on top is positioned at the corner of the room. A folding chair sits in front of the table. A large red pipe goes from floor to ceiling next to a wall with heating elements.
 
Two folding tables with publications and other printed materials on top are positioned at the opposite corners of a room. A folding chair sits in front of each table. A large red pipe goes from floor to ceiling next to a wall with heating elements.
A folding table with multiple printed materials on top is positioned at a corner of the room. A folding chair sits in front of the table.
A yellow folder is open showing a letter sized printout and 10 business cards. A transparent plastic sleeve is to the left, another letter sized printout is to the right, and an announcement card is to the top.

Ricardo Valentim
An Exhibition in a Business Card Page, 2017
Plastic sleeve with twelve elements (offset, thermographic, rubber stamp, engraved, letterpress, marker pen), press release and checklist (digital xerox), announcement card (offset), and embossed folder 
Edition 100 (only 35 copies produced)

A yellow folder is open showing a letter sized printout and 10 business cards. An announcement card is next to the folder, on the top of the image.

Ricardo Valentim
An Exhibition in a Business Card Page (detail), 2017
Plastic sleeve with twelve elements (offset, thermographic, rubber stamp, engraved, letterpress, marker pen), press release and checklist (digital xerox), announcement card (offset), and embossed folder 
Edition 100 (only 35 copies produced)

A folding table with 6 publications on top is positioned at the corner of the room. A folding chair sits in front of the table.
6 books on a beige table.

Ricardo Valentim 
The New Typography, 2012
Type specimen folder (offset) 
PPP Editions in association with Andrew Roth, New York
Edition 400 (trade edition)

Ricardo Valentim 
Models of Democracy: Forms and Variations on the Democratic Problem, 2012
Baruch College library book (offset) and library receipt (thermal)
Serralves Museum publications, Porto
Edition 300 

Ricardo Valentim 
Encore! Une exposition personelle d’Ana Jotta, 2014
Exhibition catalogue and artist's postcard (offset) 
Privately published in association with gb agency, Paris
Edition 284, numbered

Ana Jotta and Ricardo Valentim
from A to C, 2018
Exhibition booklet and artists' postcards (offset) 
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum publications, Lisbon
Edition 500

Ana Jotta and Ricardo Valentim
Moer, 2018
Portuguese Culture Collection, book launch invitation card (offset), and errata (offset and digital)  
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Publications Plan, Lisbon
Edition 500 

Ricardo Valentim
One Thousand Tickets, 2020
Ticket book
Movable type on perforated carbonless paper, cover (offset)
Edition 100

 
Looking through a glass window into an office. A small drawing of a hand holding three cards is on the office wall.
 
A small drawing of a hand holding three cards is pinned to a wall.
A shield sits on a white shelf on the right, a sculpture in the shape of a figure sits on a white shelf on the left.
A sculpture in the shape of a figure with feathers sits on a shelf.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #6, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal

A brown leather and metal shield sits on a white shelf.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #5, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal

Closeup of a sculpture with a bird head. Black, red and beige feathers with beads cover the neck of the bird figure.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #6, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal

Closeup of a brown leather shield with painted black patterns. In the center of the shield, there is a metal circle with intricate patterns.

Bogosi Sekhukhuni
OOMPART #5, 12022
Readymade, leather and metal