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Thanks to @_paigek of @mesh_art_center and @elenasoterakis of @biobat.artspace for convening this powerful show about bringing creative work into real-world action. Inspiring, intriguing, provoking—so much research and thoughtful action packed into the space. (All the wall text is included, since each work is rich with detail, but apologies in advance that some of it is cut off—I’m sometimes stymied by IG’s arbitrary and capricious image requirements).

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RETOOLING is open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 1:00-6:00pm, and Sundays 4:00-6:00 for our Talk Series.

Come visit us at The Old American Can Factory! At the door, 👉 hit the intercom > select C302 Gallery > MESH_ARTS > call button.
And we’ll buzz you in! ✌️

🔗 Check the link in bio for more info about Retooling public program.

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The opening of RETOOLING: Art, Ecology, & Climate Adaptation was a blast! Thanks you all!

#climateweeknyc

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Learn to build simple solar-powered bots that follow the sun! 🌞

This workshop will introduce participants to simple techniques for creating electro-mechanical sculptures that follow the sun. Participants will learn about designs for making devices that drive or spin towards the sun, and adjust their position as the light changes, with analog circuits.

No prior experience is necessary. All participants will build their own solar powered mechanical sculpture that responds to light.

The workshop is part of the RETOOLING: Art, Ecology, & Climate Adaptation public program hosted by MESH_ARTS in collaboration with BioBAT.

Tickets are $50. Discounts available by request. Email alex@energytransitiondesign.com to request a discount.

REGISTER 👉 link in bio

About @alexnathanson and @solarpowerforartists :
Alex Nathanson is an artist, designer, technologist, and educator. His work is focused on exploring both the experimental and practical applications of sustainable energy technologies, particularly solar power. He is the founder of the education and art platform Solar Power for Artists and its partner studio, Energy Transition Design LLC. The mission of both organizations is to make sustainable energy accessible, tactile, and understandable. He co-created the Solar Protocol project, which was awarded fellowships from Eyebeam and Mozilla, and been nominated for an Ars Electronica S+T+ARTS prize. His book A History of Solar Power Art and Design (Routledge, 2021) was the first interdisciplinary history of the field. His forthcoming book, Make: Solar Circuits for Artists, is a collection of solar power art project tutorials and will be released in November 2026 by Make.

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Yes, we are installing RETOOLING: Art, Ecology, and Climate Adaptation!

Opening on Tuesday 22 September, 7:00-9:00pm

We are almost at capacity, RSVP now!
Link in bio

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Retooling: Art, Ecology, and Climate Adaptation
September 22 - October 11 2026

Featured artists:
Esteban Agosin, Joaquin Fargas, Laura Splan, Mari Nagem, Morakana, Peter Yeadon & SPARK IP

Curated by:
Elena Soterakis (BioBAT Art Space), Isabella Indolfi & Paige King (MESH_ARTS)

What happens when artwork shifts from representing ecological problems to functioning as an ecological tool?

“Retooling: Art, Ecology, and Climate Adaptation” is a three-week exhibition and public program featuring talks and community workshops. During Climate Week NYC and for the following two weeks, MESH_ARTS, in collaboration with BioBAT Art Space, presents an exhibition where artists and creative researchers work across disciplines to engage with ecological challenges, creating tools that expand how we understand and respond to climate change. They’re repositioning the focus from artist as producer to artist as facilitator, educator, and infrastructure builder. Through collaborations across art, science, engineering, and technology, they transform empirical research into new ways of operating. Esteban Agosin, Joaquin Fargas, Laura Splan, Mari Nagem, Morakana, Peter Yeadon & SPARK IP, work with natural forces rather than simply represent them. Embedded in their practice is a bridge to speculative propositions, learning, and possible futures. Their creative outcomes are ecological, accessible, and pedagogical, generating tangible tools that foster connective participation and action.

Opening reception Tuesday Sep. 22, 6:00 - 9:00 pm 👉 RSVP link in bio

Exhibition opening hours: Thursdays / Fridays / Saturdays 1:00-6:00 pm

📍MESH_ARTS is located at The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St. #C302 Brooklyn, NY 11215

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ANNOUNCING OUR NEXT EXHIBITION

September 22 - October 11

📍MESH_ARTS at The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St. Gallery # C302, Brooklyn, NY, 11215

Retooling: Art, Ecology, and Climate Adaptation” is a three-week exhibition and public program featuring talks and community workshops.

Featured artists and speakers:
Alex Nathanson (@alexnathanson), Casey Ivanovich, Denise Lanzieri, Edward Morris, Esteban Agosin (@esteban_agosin), Frederick Bernas (@frederickbernas) & Nico Munoz, Gesche Würfel (@gewuerfel), Joaquin Fargas (@joaquinfargas), Katie Fisher (@katiefisher_km), Laura Splan (@laurasplan), Luis Medina, Mari Nagem (@mari_nagem), Marina Komiya (@monosugoiame), Mary Mattingly (@marymattingly), Morakana (@mora.kana), Peter Yeadon (@yeadonspaceagency), Serena Wessely, SPARK IP, (@spark_ip), Thiago Hersan (@thiagohersan).

Curated by:
Elena Soterakis (@elenasoterakis (BioBAT Art Space), Isabella Indolfi @isabellaindolfi & Paige King @_paigek (MESH_ARTS)

What happens when artwork shifts from representing ecological problems to functioning as an ecological tool? Artists working across disciplines to engage with ecological challenges are creating tools that expand how we understand and respond to climate change.

During Climate Week NYC and for the following two weeks, @mesh_art_center in collaboration with @biobat.artspace , presents an exhibition highlighting innovative practices that have generated tools around shade equity, atmospheric adaptation (transforming sunlight into water), and other creative conversions that help aid. The program considers artistic practice as a way for building ecological infrastructure and public pedagogy, where interdisciplinary collaboration gives rise to new forms of environmental literacy and civic imagination. This program demonstrates how creative collaboration can cultivate environmental literacy, build shared infrastructure, and connect artistic practice with climate action.

Official event at #ClimateWeekNYC 2026

Retooling visual identity commissioned from artist @mari_nagem, inspired by her project The Right to Shade

👉 Register link in bio

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A look back at (Dis)consent: A Night of Performance and Interactive Installations, presented by @uaad.art and @mesh_art_center on Aug 2 💛

3 groups of artists brought together performance, interactive AI, and speculative ecology to examine agency and consent in systems where our choices are increasingly shaped by algorithms, interfaces, and institutions.

🪩 Katherine Helen Fisher @khfdance’s 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙄 explored AI, audience data, and collective authorship. 🤳Mengna Da @yumedaaa’s 𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙀𝙎 𝘿𝙊𝙉’𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝙔 turned the audience into operators of her own body, examining data extractivism and digital labor, with live music by Chienn Tai @desigh.llc. 🐝 Shihan Zhang @shihan.design’s 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 reimagined pollination as embodied labor in a speculative post-ecological future, with movement performance by @dddyiliny.

The evening concluded with a conversation on authorship, desire, play, and algorithmic control, moderated by @_paigek, co-founder of MESH_Arts.

Curated by Amy Xiaofan Jiang @amyjiang517

Artists:
Katherine Helen Fisher w/ Shimmy Boyle @classicshimmy, Hyperreal Labs and C. Finley;
Mengna Da w/ Chienn Tai;
Shihan Zhang w/ Mingyong Chang @mingyong_art , Han Zhang @hanzhangpqqo, Ziwei Liu, Jiaye Leng, Yilin Ye.

Photo credits: @isabellaindolfi, co-founder of MESH_Arts, @david__liuuuu, @amyjiang517

Technical Support: Enddle Jianhao Zheng @enddle.work , David Liu @david__liuuuu

Thank you to everyone who came, participated, played, questioned, and made the night what it was🧡

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NYC | What happens when the audience gets to command an artist’s body, intervene in sustaining an ecosystem on the brink, and reshape the images they’ve become?

Join us on Sunday, Aug 2, from 7:30–9:30 PM for:
(Dis)consent: A Night of Performance and Interactive Installations

Featured artists:
Katherine Helen Fisher (@khfdance), with Shimmy (@classicshimmy), Hyperreal Labs (@hyperreallabs), and C. Finley (@iamfinley)
𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙄

Mengna Da (@yumedaaa), with live music by Chienn Tai (@desigh.llc)
𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙀𝙎 𝘿𝙊𝙉’𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝙔

Shihan Zhang (@shihan.design), with Yilin Ye (@dddyiliny), Mingyong Cheng (@mingyong_art), Han Zhang (@hanzhangpqqo), Ziwei Liu, and Jiaye Leng
𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣

Co-organized by Underground Art And Design (@uaad.art) and MESH Art Center (@mesh_art_center)

Curated by Amy Xiaofan Jiang (@amyjiang517)
Video trailer by Amy Xiaofan Jiang
Creative technology support by @enddle.work

📍 232 3rd St, Gallery C302, Brooklyn, NY 11215
🎫 Free with RSVP; suggested donations welcome

Footage from previous presentations:
𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙄 at Onassis ONX
𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙀𝙎 𝘿𝙊𝙉’𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝙔 at NYU IMA Low Res
𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 at Gray Area Art + Technology

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Final week of Soft Screens‼️

Visit us this Friday 6.19 and Saturday 6.20 from 1–6 pm for the final exhibition hours of Soft Screens.

Join us on Monday 6.22 at 6 pm for the closing reception of Soft Screens. Celebrate our inaugural exhibition, and hear a conversation with artists Alexandra Lerman & Nouf Aljowaysir and MESH_arts Directors Isabella Indolfi & Paige King.

🔗 RSVP for the closing reception and learn more about the exhibition at the links in our bio.

📸: Justine Cooper

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Soft Screens is a group exhibition about the interfaces of our hypermediated reality. Featuring artists Nouf Aljowaysir, Anna Frants, Alexandra Lerman, and Mari Nagem, Soft Screens explores the ways digital media subliminally shape our attention, habits, and agency.

Bringing together practices that reflect on emergent technologies without strictly relying on them, Soft Screens traces the outline of our entanglement with ever-evolving digital systems and social structures.

@nouf.py @ladygalaxia @mari_nagem @alexandra.lerman @isabellaindolfi @_paigek Soft Screens

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Just announced! The closing reception of Soft Screens will take place on Monday 6.22 at 6 pm.

Join us for a celebration of our inaugural exhibition, including a conversation with artists Alexandra Lerman & Nouf Aljowaysir and MESH_arts Directors Isabella Indolfi & Paige King.

🔗 RSVP for the closing reception and learn more about the exhibition at the links in our bio.

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Soft Screens is a group exhibition about the interfaces of our hypermediated reality. Featuring artists Nouf Aljowaysir, Anna Frants, Alexandra Lerman, and Mari Nagem, Soft Screens explores the ways digital media subliminally shape our attention, habits, and agency.

Bringing together practices that reflect on emergent technologies without strictly relying on them, Soft Screens traces the outline of our entanglement with ever-evolving digital systems and social structures.

Soft Screens
On view: May 21 – June 20, 2026 | Fridays – Saturdays 1-6pm, and by appointment
info@meshartcenter.net

MESH_Center for Art, Research, Technology, & Science
Address: The Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, C302, Brooklyn NY 11215

Soft Screens is the inaugural exhibition of MESH_arts, a new space where art meets research, technology, and science. Founded and directed by Isabella Indolfi & Paige King, MESH_arts is currently incubating at the Old American Can Factory, within a dynamic community of cultural practitioners, in Brooklyn, New York.

@nouf.py @ladygalaxia @mari_nagem @alexandra.lerman @isabellaindolfi @_paigek

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