In conjunction with TJ Shin’s solo exhibition Delta, artists Miljohn Ruperto and Shin will be in conversation, exploring how concepts of historical time shape experiences and expectations of the present. At a moment increasingly framed as an "endgame”, marked by overlapping economic and geopolitical crises and diminishing horizons, the conversation examines how projected endpoints were modeled during the Cold War through systems of control such as game theory and wargames. The discussion considers which futures are foreclosed by these logics and what possibilities might emerge under conditions of constraint, uncertainty, and indeterminacy.

Suggested reading is Jacques Lacan’s 1945 Logical Time and the Assertion of Anticipated Certainty: A New Sophism available here.

The talk is preceded by a screening at the gallery of an extract of the 1992 film Patriot Games.

The event will begin at 6:45pm, allowing attendees time to view Shin's exhibition beforehand.

-

Miljohn Ruperto (b. 1971, Manila, PH) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Ruperto received his MFA from Yale University and his BA in Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley. Ruperto has exhibited internationally at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Hammer Museum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Schinkel Pavillon, Para Site, REDCAT, Kadist, and the Singapore Biennale. In 2019, he participated in the Acts of Life critical research residency organized by NTU CCA Singapore and MCAD Manila in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, and Kadist Art Foundation.

TJ Shin (b. 1993; Seoul, KR) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Shin received their BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 and their MFA in New Genres from UCLA in 2024. Shin has exhibited at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Queens Museum, Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Arts, Princeton University, Montclair State University Galleries, Doosan Gallery, Knockdown Center, and more. Their writing has appeared in Asia Art Archive, Mousse Magazine, and Post/doc, published by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. They have been invited as artist-in-residence at Princeton University, Indiana University, University at Buffalo, Banff Centre, and more. Their works have been reviewed in publications including Art in America, ArtPapers, ArtAsiaPacific, C Magazine and The New York Times.