nitimur in vetitum
we strive for the forbidden
In this world, the majority of children are warmly led into light. This dictates that others will be assigned to the torments of darkness. Play by the rules and success will materialize. Mainstream recognition, economic safety, satisfied ego. The big stage is but an addiction. Player A bags the whole cash pot.
Meanwhile cool cats drift free within the dirty cracks. Subway tunnels and queer raves. The B-side is filled with bangers, a type of flamboyance that cannot be caught. Moonlit revelations, when normies are asleep: upstairs nepos fight to claim the crown, gutter freaks aim to lift their crowd. Unbalanced scene imposing an ethos. Always underground.
Monsters, criminals, poets. Addicts and perverts. Mass society perpetually curses its constitutive others. Foxy nobility devotes its strength to the fringes. Presenting works from four different series spanning over a decade (2016-26), the exhibition aims to crystalize the essence of a metamorph spirit. Realness philosophy from Hood Robin turned Club Queen, resistance meeting glamour: shine and illuminate the sky, but keep your heart in the valley.
archetypal oppositions and binary violence.
4 series: schlesi diaries. zec, neoslit, extended vision
[10/06/2026, 23:56:30] Astrée: concept: sell the underground card. Reach out to galleries explaining that the core concept of my artistic persona is storytelling and being a legend. In the dramaturgy of my career I probably won’t seek representation for years, but I’m ready to sell in the backrooms to build the hype. I come install a work in your basement/storage room and pitch you how to present it.
When you sell it I send you the next one.
2.5k declared - 4k cash or crypto.
[10/06/2026, 23:57:40] Astrée: that way I can just start even if I just have the neoslits. Approach galeries in an original way. And see which ones sell a lot before engaging further in building a show
[10/06/2026, 23:57:57] Astrée: and the whole thing is fun
[10/06/2026, 23:58:09] Astrée: what do you think?
[10/06/2026, 23:59:23] Angel 👼: Sounds like an adventure- but I have no inside into the gallery business if they want the back room image… but it fits
[10/06/2026, 23:59:35] Astrée: I could even gamify it. First gallery that sells the whole 25 set can represent for me for the next decade hihi
[11/06/2026, 00:00:19] Angel 👼: We should have check some galleries in Taipei
[11/06/2026, 00:00:33] Astrée: I was not ready
[11/06/2026, 00:00:38] Astrée: and I will still select
[11/06/2026, 00:01:02] Angel 👼: We can go back for a soy milk breakfast and check
[11/06/2026, 00:01:05] Astrée: since I would provide the first one, it requires a bit of investment from myself. But that way the friction for the galeries is super low
[11/06/2026, 00:01:40] Angel 👼: But you already have the full series printed don’t you?
[11/06/2026, 00:01:45] Astrée: no I just have 7
[11/06/2026, 00:01:54] Astrée: and frames are expensive
[11/06/2026, 00:02:31] Angel 👼: So 7 galleries?
[11/06/2026, 00:02:41] Astrée: well I can just start and see
[11/06/2026, 00:02:57] Astrée: but yeah I was thinking maybe to make a video of the visit in my basement
[11/06/2026, 00:03:58] Angel 👼: Maybe you want to check out my basement - not great for permanent installation but fancy location and nearly empty
[11/06/2026, 00:04:11] Astrée: still need to think contract, budget, install (I’d like to something like in my basement that you can just turn the aliexpress light from the entrance of the room)
[11/06/2026, 00:04:20] Astrée: ah yeah why not!
[11/06/2026, 00:04:53] Astrée: you want to be my gallerist? 😋
[11/06/2026, 00:05:38] Angel 👼: I think being your angel is hard Work enough. But happy to support
[11/06/2026, 00:07:15] Astrée: I think this is a good plan. I can literally make appointments with gallerists and go there with a print under my arm and the whole equipment to set it up in a backpack
[11/06/2026, 00:07:35] Astrée: what I need to figure out is how they would react and if it’s smart to do multiple galeries in same city
[11/06/2026, 00:07:58] Astrée: because it needs to feel exclusive for it to work so maybe it’s like one galery per capital city or something
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