Test Site No. 9: What Can The Semi-Tropic Spiritualists Do For You?

This project was our first solo gallery exhibition, presented at General Projects in Los Angeles, CA. We created a new body of work in which the Semi-Tropic Spiritualist symbols, developed through previous installations and performances, were translated into tools of self-discovery and improvement. Borrowing aesthetic and linguistic styles from 1960s/70s counterculture, do-it-yourself spiritual and self-help materials, as well as historic modes of divination, we created an installation which moved the locus of investigation away from the external world and toward internal experience. Through the creation of an interactive divination system, the Semi-Tropic Spiritualists invited visitors to engage with the group’s symbology as a method of personal guidance or enlightenment.