Click on My Mouth: Language and Technology
The Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery at San José State University is pleased to present Click on My Mouth: Language and Technology (March 17– May 22, 2026). Guest curated by Tanya Zimbardo, the exhibition features artworks made in the Bay Area by Anxious to Make (Liat Berdugo + Emily Martinez); Ahna Girshick; Asma Kazmi, Jill Miller and Kathy Wang; Judy Malloy, Jenny Odell; Genevieve Quick; Abram Stern; and Christine Tamblyn. “Click on my mouth” playfully intones a video image of Christine Tamblyn (1951–1998) as the virtual guide for the menu of her interactive work She Loves It, She Loves it Not: Women and Technology (1993; with Marjorie Franklin and Paul Tompkins). As an outgrowth of Tamblyn’s cultural criticism, the interactive CD-ROM format allowed her to create a non-linear feminist essay, augmenting her writing with found pictures and audio/video clips ranging from science fiction films, comics, computer magazines and books about robots. The newly reauthored version of She Loves It, She Loves It Not on view developed through an inter-institutional collaboration and research team including SJSU associate professor Rhonda Holberton and Digital Media Art students. This work is the springboard for a group exhibition that explores the ways in which artists have worked with appropriation and archival material associated with technology. This ranges from projects that draw from the promotional imagery and language of corporations to pieces that propose alternative and speculative platforms.
November 6, 2025 - March 24, 2026 : The Hammer2 Gallery features a continuously rotating display featuring the work from local artists and SJSU alumni. This exhibition brings together the work of six artists: Manuel Rodriguez, Adrianne Smits, Andrea Rodriguez, Valentino Loyola, Jonathan Fung, and Renee Billingslea. Working in a variety of media, including photography, embroidery, ink, and digital media, these artists share an interest in their surroundings and turn their unique visions and sensibilities to the world around them, focusing on subject matter that ranges from the ephemeral to the monumental.
