SMILERS presents its third exhibition, REPORT FROM NORI MOUNTAIN, inspired by a notoriously fictitious document published in New York in 1967. Participants were reached through a combination of direct invitations, requests to suggest another artist in one's stead, and selections from a first experiment with an open call (posted on April Fool's day, not coincidentally). All were, however, provided the same emoji-infested prompt, which proved only slightly less confusing when supplemente by a few sentences of what S MILE R S was seeking in its so-called "transmissions". . What came back through this self-imposed static was brilliantly motley-some of the works (from those tapped by others) arrived without making prior contact with their makers. Tremendous gratitude is therefore due to these Believers who have brought to the table a strange and fantastic array of creations in various media.
Personal interpretations of the science fiction genre come together in the spirit of a traditional science fair: a showcase of individual talent.
