Remixing transforms the familiar into something new. In the recording studio, music producers layer tracks, shift tempos, and sample old melodies, creating fresh soundscapes with the echoes of the past. Remixed: Entwined Histories and New Forms explores this sonic alchemy as a conceptual, visual strategy in art that “remixes” both physical objects and immaterial legacies.
In this exhibition, materials are conduits for spirit, memory, and history. Artists do not simply use these materials; they listen to them, speaking with, not for, across time and space. Basil Kincaid and Shinique Smith deconstruct and reassemble lived-in fabrics, materials that act as personal archives or, collectively, maps charting lineage. Candice Lin employs culturally and economically resonant natural pigments, tracing their fraught duality as both sacred and commodified. Sabrina Gschwandtner highlights the legacy of women in early cinema by stitching together film footage of a pioneering female animator.