“Is the earth evolving a new religion?”

That’s the question at the heart of 011668’s Virtua Gallery exhibition, The First International Church of Toyota —a multisensory experience featuring both a video and a “future relic”: a comically oversized Toyota emblem carved in stone, imagined as an artifact destined for storage in the backrooms of Natural History Museums yet to come.

011668, the artist behind The First International Church of Toyota , uses interdisciplinary work to explore themes of spirituality, mythology and cosmogony in the digital age. By positioning Toyota as a cornerstone of American spirituality, they confront contemporary industrial forces and frame them in a modern pantheon. While the video portion of the exhibit runs less than 10 minutes, 011668 manages to reimagi

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