Founded by Serena JV Elston + Rudolf Lingens in 2021
spacorecollective@gmail.com Instagram: @spacore
SPACORE is the lifestyle aesthetic of the moment. Borne of the intersection of work-from-home and pandemic horror, SPACORE is the blurring lines of relaxation and employment. It is the labor of repose. SPACORE is a critique of wellness capitalism. It explores the attempt to pacify the working class with the promotion of superficial “wellness.” This version of wellness co-opts the language of radical self-care and redefines it as access to upper-class amenities. Wellness culture derives its “authenticity” from appropriative aesthetics that steal from Eastern and Indigenous cultures. Wellness is a neoliberal project designed to locate suffering within the individual in order to repress political revolt. SPACORE situates wellness in the horror genre, where it belongs.
We want to thank all of the amazing artists who have contributed to this SPACORE exhibitions and to the publication: Nour Ballout, ST Barry, Mack Baker, Phoebe Beckett Chingono, Dani Chë, Erica Dincalci, SAGE DYE, Becs Epstein, FLEMING, Ben Gfell, Sky Goodman, King Green, Philipp Groth, Tali Halpern, Joe Harjo, Janet Loren Hill, Jeung Bok Holmquist, Tyler Hubby, Sun Lynn Hunter, Kelly R Johnston, Isabela Reyes-Klein, Dylan Languell, Sungjae Lee, Yeji Lee, Erica Maria Littlejohn, Marne Lucas, Alejandro Macias, Allen Moore, Aaron Morganstein, Mikey Mosher, Vincent Phan, Mac Pierce, Chad Porter, Ruby Que, Sandrine Schaefer, Skynsuit, Corey Smith, Nikki Telegan, Val Thompson, Sabato Visconti, Aman Preet Singh, Tilcara Webb, Adrian Wong, Florence Woolley, Kelly Xi
We want to especially acknowledge and thank the people who have gone above and beyond to help us make SPACORE happen: Mack Baker, Erika Dincalci, Sage Dye, Ben Gfell, Mac Pierce, Aman Preet Singh, Cassidy Skillman, Nikki Telegan