Identitetsspel/Identity Play | by MIGUEL RIVERA & ERIC SALINE

Come see Studio Inc’s Alum Miguel Rivera’s exhibition with Eric Saline, “Identitetsspel/Identity Play”, on view March 13th through May 9th.

Opening exhibition will take place on March 13th from 5-8 pm.

Artist Talk featuring Miguel Rivera & Eric Saline will take place April 9th from 6-9 pm, with a reception taking place shortly after.

“Our collaboration is rooted in the "post-digital," a domain where the historical weight of traditional printmaking meets the precision of computer-aided design and manufacture. Though our partnership began as a digital dialogue between two artists and educators, it has evolved into a nomadic studio practice—one that reflects our own histories of travel and migration. We find common ground in the tension between the machine and the hand, utilizing CNC routers, laser engravers, and plotter-cutters as natural extensions of the traditional copper printing press. For us, the digital toolset is not a replacement for craft, but a vessel for navigating the fluid boundaries of identity and place.

The work we produce is the result of a deliberate exchange of labor and trust, a cartography of shared experience. By trading "unresolved" prints—works-in-progress intentionally left open for the other to finish—we dissolve the boundaries of independent practice and embrace the radical perspective of the "other." This process of passing work back and forth through a gauntlet of different software and hardware creates a rhythmic, physical conversation that mirrors the transient nature of a life lived across cultures. Whether navigating the structural layers of a relief print or the delicate lines of a drypoint, our goal is to merge our individual sensibilities into a singular vision that celebrates diverse otherness. In our shared installations, we aim to activate the gallery space through a play of scale and materiality. We move fluidly between the intimate and the monumental, from small A4 experiments to expansive, site-specific works on transparency film and modular relief pieces. Through themes of displacement and spatial exploration, we invite the viewer to witness a dialogue that spans years and continents. Our work is a testament to the belief that the future of printmaking lies in this hybrid space—where the heritage of the multiple is reinvented through the shifting, nomadic possibilities of the post-digital era.”

- Miguel Rivera & Eric Saline’s artist statement