Call and Response – Hyperlink at Axis Gallery

Axis Gallery is pleased to present Call and Response: Hyperlink at Axis Gallery

This exhibition is the beginning of an exchange between the members of Axis Gallery and the collective Hyperlink. The show will take place in two parts. The first stage is an exhibition of Hyperlink members’ and associates’ work at Axis Gallery in Sacramento, CA in April 2023.

Hyperlink artists’ works in this exhibition constitute the start of a conversation. During the run of the exhibition, Axis members will have a chance to spend time with the works on display and choose a conversation to join, a work that they are interested in responding to, then create a piece of their own in response.

These works will be exhibited alongside the Hyperlink members’ pieces in Denver, CO at a future date.

About

Hyperlink, formed in 2014, is a nebulous artist collective dedicated to alternative artistic experiences, practices, opportunities, and expanding community.

The internet has collapsed geographic isolation for many artists, opening floodgates to easily disseminate creative work. Yet even with ubiquitous internet use and travel, the physical limitation of geographic distance is often still a real limitation to a tangible, and meaningful, connection through the arts. Hyperlink dissolves those boundaries, as well as the boundaries of our own minds as it relates to the potential for what art can be and how it can be experienced.

Initially Hyperlink formed as an alternative space in Chicago’s Zhou B Art Center, the links created through that experiment grew like roots sprouting new tendrils and has since moved from a brick and mortar space, electing instead, to work with various institutions and exhibition spaces in different regions. Hyperlink has arranged exhibitions in Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver, Chicago, and China, among others.

Hyperlink artists connect to artists in their home page/city via critical dialogue, curated exhibitions, and collaboration. Hyperlink also works with emerging figures in the art world such as writers, curators and critics. We are open to exploring new territory and the unknown."