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Every autumn, a miracle happens. A monarch butterfly born in Canada flies more than 3,000 miles across North America. It does so over land it has never seen, in the reverse direction of the streams of humans traveling steadily north. It’s destination: the rainforest of Mexico. It is a journey filled with peril. Many will never make it, and those that do will never return. No butterfly among them has ever made the journey before, and none will again. In the hands of artist, writer, filmmaker Leopoldo Goût, the tale of the monarch butterfly’s migration from North America to the Mexican town of Contepec gets the immersive, you-are-there treatment. Each monarch butterfly was hand-painted by Goût, then brought into 3D space in collaboration with multimedia artist Matt Bruinooge.
An epic struggle for survival that is also a story of astonishing beauty and marvel is told in an immersive video installation. A groundbreaking work of I-can’t-believe-what-I’m-seeing poetry, SWARM is also a drama about a great migration that explores the value of community, environmentalism, and, ultimately, transformation. The first in a series of installations, SWARM will expand to include holographic projections, volumetric television, music, scent and other visual sensorial technologies, enveloping room-sized installations blurring the lines between vision and experience; the real and the virtual. Learn more
Elefante is a solo exhibition showcasing the multimedia works of renowned Mexican artist, author, and filmmaker Leopoldo Gout. With a bold embrace of maximalism, Elefante spans various mediums, including textiles, bronze sculptures, paintings, video, and sound. The exhibition delves into Gout’s long-standing fascination with contradictions, dreams, and the ephemeral. International in scope and deeply rooted in the artist’s decades-spanning career, Elefante offers a narrative of image-making as a journey of migration. There will be virtual tours and the exhibition will travel next year to Miami, London, and are in discussions with Paris, LA and NYC.
The exhibition is accompanied by a personal ambient soundtrack, Telar Adentro, composed by Oriana Gidi and Leopoldo Gout. This soundtrack will be available for pre-order on limited-edition vinyl records. Pre-order your exclusive "Telar Adentro" vinyl here.
In addition to the exhibition, a career-spanning retrospective book and an international documentary celebrate Gout’s dynamic return to the contemporary art world after more than a decade. You can read a captivating essay by Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James, featured in Leopoldo’s new exhibition catalogue, here.
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