Please join us at Flux IV for the closing reception of our current exhibitions, Itala Aguilera: Tierra Mojada (Wet Land) and Kosmologym’s Pickles & Concrete, featuring a special presentation by visiting artist-in-residence Pasha Cas.

Presentation: Pasha Cas
Pasha Cas arrives in a space where the European myth of freedom has been materialized and transformed into a symbol of American identity. By exploring the urban environment, monuments, and people, the artist seeks historical parallels and ruptures between promise and reality, between the myth and its contemporary interpretation.

Using his own body as a tool for artistic expression, he embeds himself into the city’s public and symbolic spaces. In these “gestures,” the temporary is juxtaposed with the eternal, and the personal with the monumental. The artist analyzes how myths and symbols created to affirm freedom lose their clarity and conviction over time, lingering in the space between relevance and the loss of meaning.

The starting point of this exploration is the phrase “Give me liberty, or give me death!” the political slogan delivered by Patrick Henry at a convention to gather support for a revolutionary break from England, which subsequently became a myth. This phrase was never recorded in writing and has reached us through oral tradition, making it fluid, changeable, and dependent on context. Over time, it has transformed, adapting to the era, ideology, and political climate.