RTS is thrilled to host artist talks with artist in residenc Jerome Rivera Pansa and artist sair goetz on Wednesday, February 13th from 7pm to 9pm. RSVP here! See you there!
J Rivera Pansa is an Oakland-based artist working in sculpture, installation, and performance. They work in mythologizing material ability for autonomy augmenting the embedded histories beyond utilitarian functions and rigid expectations. Through objects, they narrate the potential agency of the inanimate and those predominantly seen as a secondary or the often overlooked. Their work seeks to showcase the possibilities of individual authority for actions through spaces. They received their B.A. in Art Practice at University of California, Berkeley. They have shown work Rhythmix Cultural Works, Kearny Street Workshop at Arc Gallery, AS Gallery at San Francisco State University, California Center for the Arts and a collaborative piece in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Rivera Pansa is a member of CTRL+SHFT Collective in West Oakland.
IG: @j_pansa
sair goetz writes instructions that queer problematic realities into speculative fictions. Their work seeks to leverage the weightlessness of language to complicate, manipulate, and annotate the weighty matters it circumscribes. sair received their MFA from the Ohio State University in 2017 and their BA from Duke University in 2011. sair has shown their work nationally and internationally and completed many residencies across the US, most recently Little Paper Planes @ Minnisota Street Projects, ACRE, Space, and the Dedalus Foundation post-MFA fellowship. goetz is currently working on performance, signage, & video pieces querying dynamics of voice and silence surrounding non-binary gender identities. They are a member of CTRL+SHFT Collective in Oakland, CA.