{Ephemera} InfiniteMother_v1.0–v2.0 Riso Edition is available on Metalabel. The artist-edition risograph booklet gathers worldbuilding fragments and reprocessed stills from the first two cutscenes of Infinite Mother, Lii’s game-based work. Featuring a debossed cover and loop staples, the edition is risographed on French Paper at Secret Riso Club. With gratitude to Danielle Paterson, Gonzalo Guerrero, and Tara Ridgedell. Photographs by Amy Li. {Link to collect}

{Screening & Exhibition} Underground Art and Design (UAAD), New York. InfiniteMother_v2.0 will be exhibiting for an evening at UAAD for Neuromantics (a nod to Gibson’s 1984 sci-fi novel Neuromancer) curated by Danielle Paterson and Amy Jiang. Artists include Jonah King, Chia Amisola, Cybernetics Library, Jackie Liu, Lois He, and Pearlyn Lii, amongst others. {Link}

{Screening & Exhibition} WSA, New York. InfiniteMother_v2.0 will be exhibiting for three days at WSA for KIN: A Festival of Memory and Imagination curated by Kinfolk Tech. Artists include Jazsalyn, Nouf Aljowaysir, and Pearlyn Lii in the Projection Room, amongst others. Photograph by Alan Tansey. {Link}

{Screening & Performance} MAXmachina, New York. The premiere of InfiniteMother_v2.0 will be screening for one night at MAXmachina for PARABLES FOR THE BIOTECH AGE, a night of live performance curated by Daniel Grushkin. Artists include Björk, Drew Berry, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Pearlyn Lii, Sputniko!, Sue Huang, amongst others. Open to public. {Link to tickets} {Link to event site}

{Screening} The Tech Interactive, San Jose. A preview of InfiniteMother_v1.0 will be screening for one night at the The Tech’s IMAX dome for PARABLES FOR THE BIOTECH AGE, a night of live performance curated by Daniel Grushkin. Artists include Björk, Drew Berry, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Pearlyn Lii, Sputniko!, Sue Huang, amongst others. Open to public. {Link to tickets}

I am thrilled to announce my participation as a founding artist in the launch of Gemma Projects, a curated platform and grant program for artists, by artists. I am honored to be participating in this exciting project alongside a host of other amazing creators. This year has seen the evolution of so many wonderful connections and collaborations and I am excited for what is to come with Gemma. My gratitude to Lindsay Howard and Eileen Isagon Skyers.

From Gemma—

{Artist Talk} Pearlyn Lii & Pedro Lavin in conversation for their two-person show titled ‘Within, Below’ at Chinatown Soup (IRL) & Distant Gallery (URL)—curated & moderated by Eileen Isagon Skyers. 5:30 ET, Online. {Link to gallery} With gratitude to Virgile Flores for show identity.

{Artist Talk} New York Times: The Journey from Design to Art with Pearlyn Lii.

{Artist Talk} Google Brand Studio Presents: Identity, Mitochondrial DNA, Genetic Opera, and the Infinite Mother with Pearlyn Lii. Inaugural speaker. 

{Artist Conversation} Killscreen. Gaming as Performance: The Journey from Design to World-building with Pearlyn Lii. 8pm ET, Online. {Link to tickets}

Stage performance at Biodesign Challenge Summit, featuring Ani Liu and Emma Goldberg Liu. Reverb, A Genetic Opera @MoMA Theater, New York.

Group conversation with artist Ana María Millán and the Monster Monster Collective. 7pm ET. @Center for Arts, Research Alliances (CARA), New York.

{Exhibition} ‘Real Girlfriend’ in Domesticada, at JO-HS Mexico City. Group show. My gratitude to Elisabeth Johs.

{Artist Talk} Filmteractive Festival. My gratitude to Olek Cygan.

{Presentation} Reverb, A Genetic Opera. Demo Day, hosted by NEW INC.