Maggie RobertsThe exhibitions included here showcase works made before the collaborative artist 0rphan Drift became Mer's artistic entity in 1994, and resumes in 2006 after a decade of driftworks. Current exhibitions highlight a continuation of concerns in the artist's work that have evolved in response to her move away from the urban singularity that is London and to shifts in her cultural concerns - from cyberpunk to global warming and evolutionary possibility.
The 0D years are referred to in Mer's CV and are documented on the new 0D archive site, www.orphandriftarchive.com
POST 0D- AMPHIBIOUS MUTANTS, HYBRID NOMADS & POST APOCALYPTIC FUTURISM
SHADOW OPERATORS 2014
Shadow Operators was commissioned for Sounding The Counterfactual at Goldsmiths College in June 2014. The video was screened with work by AudInt (kode 9's Steve Goodman) and Plastique Fantastique. Shadow Operators also screened in the exhibition 'Schizo Culture' at Space Gallery, London 2014, along with work by CCRU and Plastique Fantastique. Also shown in 'Grotto Heaven', CAC Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. December 2014 and 'The Edge Of Wrong', Atlantic Arts, Capetown, South Africa, January 2015.ANOTHER DIMENSION 2014
A collaboration with Eve Collett of Casamento, Capetown's most innovative and bespoke furniture studio. The Casamento Showroom is situated at the Foundry, an old foundry building that now houses – along with a foundry – many unusual artistic and design projects. We knew that the collages would work well with the pieces shown, two of which, Eve made in response to the colour palette and mood of the pictures exhibited.SHADOWSHOP 2011
Apocalyptic postcards at San Francisco MOMA 2011WILDERNESSES 2009
Two screen video piece first shown in Obsidiana, SantiagoVIVID WILD 2008
Group show, San FranciscoNOMAD WALL RANT 2006
Ranu transferred an email I sent her - the Nomad Rant- onto a temporary gallery wall in San Francisco.0rphan Drift 1994-2003
0rphan Drift Phases
0rphan Drift CV
See also: www.ranumukherjee.com/OrphanPortal.html