Space ZeroOne in New York will present "Michael Joo: Sweat Models 1991–2026," a solo exhibition of early and newly realized works by Korean American multimedia artist Michael Joo, organized by guest curator Christopher Y. Lew. The show focuses on Joo's 1990s works, which engaged with issues like the AIDS crisis and information technology, and will feature a newly realized large-scale installation, *Concatenations*, first conceived in 1990.
The exhibition is significant as it positions Joo's early work as prescient of contemporary concerns about the body, data, and mediated systems. It also marks an important programmatic statement for Space ZeroOne, highlighting its mission of international exchange and providing a model of artistic evolution for emerging artists, underscored by Joo's own trajectory which included representation in the Korean Pavilion at the 2001 Venice Biennale.