Oct 23, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8 PM

Exhibition Walkthrough: Tony Oursler and Olivia Shao on Voice of Space

Join us for a unique conversation and in-person exhibition walkthrough of Voice of Space: UFOS and Paranormal Phenomena with artist Tony Oursler and curator Olivia Shao as they discuss the cultural, psychological, and metaphysical dimensions of the profound mysteries at the intersection of human experience, belief, and the unknown.

Please note there will be ASL interpretation available for this event.

Tony Oursler

Deeply rooted in a conceptual framework, Tony Oursler conjures multimedia and immersive experiences which combine traditional art making tools with new technologies. Oursler draws inspiration from wide ranging pop cultural phenomena including telecommunications, narrative evolution, conspiracy, social media, facial recognition, mysticism and environmental concerns. His works often take the form of a “palimpsest,” layering possible futures with the recent past while focusing on present day issues. As a pioneer of video art in early 1970s California and New York, Oursler developed a unique fusion of poetic free-association, stream of consciousness, dramaturgy and radical formal experimentation, employing painting, animation, montage and live action. From performative and lo-fi beginnings to his high tech environments of today, he holds an enduring fascination with the overlapping worlds of popular and subcultural activities and belief systems. Today, Oursler believes art can be “practiced by all and is a unifying transformative force.”

Born in 1957 in NY. Tony Oursler graduated from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA, and lives and works in New York, NY, USA.

Generous support for Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena is provided by Stephen Cheng, Kent Shao, the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation, the Teiger Foundation, Sarah Arison, Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, and Laurie and David Wolfert.