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ARtists | Hashtag Gallery | Mexico City

ARtists explores this paradigm shift, where Augmented Reality (AR) is not merely a technology, but a critical language.

OPENING NIGHT: JAN 22, 7pm-Late Av. Benjamin Franklin 151-A, Condesa, CDMX Reality, as we know it, has ceased to be a static dimension, evolving instead into a canvas of infinite layers. The exhibition ARtists explores this paradigm shift, where Augmented Reality (AR) is not merely a technological tool, but a critical language that expands the boundaries of perception and physical space. Through the lens of three visionary creators, this exhibition proposes a dialogue between the tangible and the virtual, the ancestral and the algorithmic.

Artists

Mocre: Mocre is a multidisciplinary artist from Mexico City whose career is marked by exceptional versatility, masterfully transitioning from street art to the creation of installations, crypto-art, and immersive experiences. Recognized as a pioneer in presenting live Virtual Reality performances in cultural and governmental venues across Mexico, Mocre has redefined the use of mixed reality by hybridizing traditional techniques—such as linocut and painting—with cutting-edge technologies to breathe life into the pre-Hispanic worldview and endemic fauna. His ability to bridge digital innovation and tradition has led to collaborations on global stages like Burning Man and VRFESTMX, establishing him as a key figure who transforms technology into a bridge for conservation and cultural reflection.

Aldo Parallel: is a new media artist and concept designer working at the intersection of creative technologies and transmedia storytelling. For over a decade, he has led interactive art direction on culturally resonant projects across entertainment, advertising, and immersive media. His practice continues to evolve through original creations where narrative, technology, and veiled layers of meaning converge. Driven by augmented imagination, he fractures and reforges reality, revealing hidden dimensions and symbolic depths. Through MESOPOTAMICORE, he introduces and constructs a metamodern odyssey that reimagines Mesopotamian age, where shadow faces the light and ancient lore entwines with radical futures.

Sam Heydt: Sam Heydt’s multimedia praxis mobilizes techniques of disruption and reiteration to challenge stabilizing frameworks by generating augmented realities that destabilize representations. Filtered through postmodern, glitch and parodic lenses, Heydt uses virtual augmentation to denaturalize norms and imagine new subjectivities in gallery spaces through digital refashioning of the real. By mapping augmented layers onto physical environments through an AR interface, Heydt merges real and virtual experiences in novel spatial configurations. Interested in AR’s potential, Heydt overlays ephemeral transformations onto backdrops to provoke contemplating experience’s permeable constitution across physical and virtual strata.

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Visual Art Journal | Issue #23, April 2025

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UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance | The Untitled Space | 10th Anniversary with Exhibit (Copy)

In celebration of The Untitled Space’s 10th anniversary, the gallery is presenting "UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance" an exhibition curated by gallery founder Indira Cesarine, which will take place during Women’s History Month this March 2025. One hundred artists have joined forces for this landmark exhibition, opening on March 8th in honor of International Women’s Day, and on view through March 29th, celebrating a decade of art, activism, and unwavering resistance at The Untitled Space. Since its inception, the gallery has featured over 50 exhibitions and presented the work of more than 500 artists—many of whom have used their platforms to to inspire and empower others while speaking out against political injustice, inequality, and oppression. UPRISE 2025 continues this legacy, bringing together artists whose work confronts the challenges of today’s social and political landscape and envisions a future rooted in justice, equality, and freedom. Presented in collaboration with nonprofit initiative Art4Equality, the UPRISE 2025 exhibition celebrates the power of art to inspire resistance, fuel activism, and catalyze change, and will feature works that address the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues of our time. As we continue to face rising political extremism, threats to civil rights, and an increasingly authoritarian climate, UPRISE 2025 provides a platform for artists who use their work to respond, resist, and reclaim their power. UPRISE 2025 reflects on the gallery’s decade-long history of showcasing art that challenges societal norms and amplifies voices of resistance. The featured artists have been instrumental in creating a platform for art that speaks to the political, social, and personal struggles of our time through their inspirational and fearless visuals. The exhibition celebrates the gallery’s legacy as a space that has consistently championed activism, diversity, and social change through art.

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UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance | The Untitled Space | 10th Anniversary with Exhibit (Copy)

In celebration of The Untitled Space’s 10th anniversary, the gallery is presenting "UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance" an exhibition curated by gallery founder Indira Cesarine, which will take place during Women’s History Month this March 2025. One hundred artists have joined forces for this landmark exhibition, opening on March 8th in honor of International Women’s Day, and on view through March 29th, celebrating a decade of art, activism, and unwavering resistance at The Untitled Space. Since its inception, the gallery has featured over 50 exhibitions and presented the work of more than 500 artists—many of whom have used their platforms to to inspire and empower others while speaking out against political injustice, inequality, and oppression. UPRISE 2025 continues this legacy, bringing together artists whose work confronts the challenges of today’s social and political landscape and envisions a future rooted in justice, equality, and freedom. Presented in collaboration with nonprofit initiative Art4Equality, the UPRISE 2025 exhibition celebrates the power of art to inspire resistance, fuel activism, and catalyze change, and will feature works that address the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues of our time. As we continue to face rising political extremism, threats to civil rights, and an increasingly authoritarian climate, UPRISE 2025 provides a platform for artists who use their work to respond, resist, and reclaim their power. UPRISE 2025 reflects on the gallery’s decade-long history of showcasing art that challenges societal norms and amplifies voices of resistance. The featured artists have been instrumental in creating a platform for art that speaks to the political, social, and personal struggles of our time through their inspirational and fearless visuals. The exhibition celebrates the gallery’s legacy as a space that has consistently championed activism, diversity, and social change through art.

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Edge of Chaos | Raseiniai, Lithuania

We invite all residents and guests of the Raseiniai region to visit a unique photography and photo collage exhibition on February 18 at 12:00 PM at the Municipality! The exhibition features photo collages by the U.S. photographer Samantha Heydt from the series Edge of Chaos and a photo series titled Red–Black by Raseiniai creator Rūta Račiūnaitė-Simėnienė. Both authors have previously participated in the Raseiniai District Cultural Center's projects, such as the International Šiluva Contemporary Art Biennale and Žemaitija's Legend.

"The edge is closer than we think, but illusions will not free us from reality, even if tabloid stories become history and the myth of progress continues to reinforce inequality. As the natural world fades, giving way to artificial environments, the social landscape fractures and alienates further. The media drowns out the message; reality is overshadowed by the white noise of information, soothing the social psyche with empty promises," – this is how Samantha Heydt describes her photo collage series.

Rūta Račiūnaitė-Simėnienė's exhibition also has a unique story. It was supposed to be presented several years ago when Rūta was studying in Raseiniai, but the planned opening day coincided with the municipality's closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thus, we will have the opportunity to see several "postponed" exhibitions, which, in our opinion, have not lost their relevance. The world continues to race toward the brink of chaos at a dizzying speed... Perhaps art is the only hope for salvation.

The exhibition curator is Arūnas Kazlauskas, the project manager of the Raseiniai District Cultural Center.

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Aqua Art Fair | Art Basel Miami | SHIM art Network, Miami | December 2024

In December 2024, renowned multimedia artist Samantha Heydt showcased her powerful work with SHIM Art Network at the prestigious Aqua Art Fair during Art Basel Miami. Heydt’s thought-provoking pieces from her acclaimed series Edge of Chaos captivated audiences, blending photography, collage, and incisive social commentary. Her work explored themes of environmental degradation, societal fragmentation, and the illusions of progress, offering a striking critique of contemporary life.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Aqua Art Fair, Heydt’s exhibition invited viewers to reflect on the precarious balance between chaos and order in an ever-changing world, leaving a lasting impression on Miami’s Art Week.

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UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance | The Untitled Space | 10th Anniversary with Exhibit

In celebration of The Untitled Space’s 10th anniversary, the gallery is presenting "UPRISE 2025: The Art of Resistance" an exhibition curated by gallery founder Indira Cesarine, which will take place during Women’s History Month this March 2025. One hundred artists have joined forces for this landmark exhibition, opening on March 8th in honor of International Women’s Day, and on view through March 29th, celebrating a decade of art, activism, and unwavering resistance at The Untitled Space. Since its inception, the gallery has featured over 50 exhibitions and presented the work of more than 500 artists—many of whom have used their platforms to to inspire and empower others while speaking out against political injustice, inequality, and oppression. UPRISE 2025 continues this legacy, bringing together artists whose work confronts the challenges of today’s social and political landscape and envisions a future rooted in justice, equality, and freedom. Presented in collaboration with nonprofit initiative Art4Equality, the UPRISE 2025 exhibition celebrates the power of art to inspire resistance, fuel activism, and catalyze change, and will feature works that address the most pressing political, social, and cultural issues of our time. As we continue to face rising political extremism, threats to civil rights, and an increasingly authoritarian climate, UPRISE 2025 provides a platform for artists who use their work to respond, resist, and reclaim their power. UPRISE 2025 reflects on the gallery’s decade-long history of showcasing art that challenges societal norms and amplifies voices of resistance. The featured artists have been instrumental in creating a platform for art that speaks to the political, social, and personal struggles of our time through their inspirational and fearless visuals. The exhibition celebrates the gallery’s legacy as a space that has consistently championed activism, diversity, and social change through art.

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PATHS, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice | Italy, 09.24-11.24

📅 Exhibition Dates: September 24 - November 24, 2024 📍 Venue: Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice, Italy

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FUTURE STARS | The Holy Art | Traveling Exhibition: London - NYC - Paris - Athens

The Factory Dalston  | London, UK

OnTheFringe | LES, NYC.

Nama Paris | Paris, France. 

Praxitelous | Athens, Greece

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Mariposa

"Mariposa" is a breathtaking and ethereal analog assemblage, measuring 30" x 30", and priced at $25,000. This unique, one-of-a-kind work presents a woman enveloped in a soft, powder blue hue, surrounded by a kaleidoscope of butterflies that seem to flutter and dance around her. Sam HEYDT's enchanting piece is a poignant exploration of transformation, beauty, and the human experience. The woman's serene presence is juxtaposed with the whimsical, ephemeral nature of the butterflies, raising questions about the fragility and impermanence of life. Are the butterflies a symbol of hope and renewal, or a reminder of the transience of beauty and youth? Accompanied by a QR code, this innovative work also incorporates cutting-edge technology, allowing viewers to unlock an Augmented Reality (AR) animation that brings the butterflies to life, their delicate wings beating in a mesmerizing display of color and movement. "Mariposa" is a captivating and contemplative work that invites the viewer to step into a world of wonder and magic, and is a must-have for collectors and institutions seeking to engage with the most pressing issues of our era.

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FRESH KILLS

Harm here is here there. In the throw-away culture of America, a landfill serves as a haunting metaphor for the postindustrial dilemma. It is a locus of decay, the residual of systemic greed and excess, a politically layered sites where relics from our past rot. The accelerating rate products are consumed, replaced, burned up and thrown out put an inexplicable strain on the environment. The illusion hinging happiness on consumption has consequences that manifest in toxic mountains shielded from public view. This ignorance is no longer a haven to bliss, but rather a threat to sustainability. In addressing America's culture of waste, I conflate the catalyst to consumption with its residual through mounting the images of landfills on light-boxes to stylistically mimic advertisements. Through this de-contextualization, one hopes to generate a sense of social consciousness around the cultural phenomenology of consumerism. 

      HEYDT’S FINE ART CATALOGS PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE INSIGHT INTO THE WORK OF THE ARTIST, RENDERING IT AN EXCELLENT STARTING POINT FOR COLLECTORS DISCOVERING HEYDT'S WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

HEYDT's work has been internationally exhibited in a constellation of galleries & museums throughout Europe, Iceland, Australia, UK, US and Russia. Her work is concerned with absence of destiny, beauty in banality and the role of semiology in commodification & consumerism. 

DESCRIPTION OF CATALOGS:

HEYDT's limited edition fine art catalogs are perfect bound and packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images, with laminated sulfate paperboard at 250 grams/sq. meter. High standards and attention to detail are reflected in each edition art catalog, which is numbered and signed off on by the artist, Sam HEYDT. 

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T-SHIRTS

Designer T-Shirts from Heydt's Interchangeable Collection [2018].  With a chic geometric cut, this top is the modern upgrade to your classic tee.

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SHEER WRAPS

Sheer Wrap from Heydt's Interchangeable Home Collection [2018]. Whether out on the town or at the beach, this light and airy piece makes the perfect go-to accessory to style any summer outfit. Wear it with your favorite pair of jeans or slip on over a swimsuit for a chic, standout look.

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LAPTOP & IPAD SKINS [interchangeable faces]

Thin, easy-to-remove with vinyl decals from new media artist Sam Heydt from her Interchangeable Home Collection [2017]. Skins are made from a patented material that eliminates air bubbles and wrinkles for easy application.

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BACKPACKS

Designing our premium Backpacks is a meticulous process, as Artists have to lay out their artwork on each component. One size fits all men and women, with heavy-duty construction that’s able to handle the heavy lifting for all your school and travel needs.

Standard unisex size: 17.75” (H) x 12.25” (W) x 5.75” (D)

Crafted with durable spun poly fabric for high print quality

Interior pocket fits up to 15” laptop

Padded nylon back and bottom

Adjustable shoulder straps

Front pocket for accessories

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NECKLACES

Add an understated yet bold element to your ensemble with beveled metallic pendants designed by HEYDT.

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