PHL / Soft Crash

Soft Crash features new work by interdisciplinary artist Johannes Barfield, combining illustrations, sound, and sculpture in response to the theme of Collective Futures. About Curated by Stephanie J. Woods, Soft Crash features new work by interdisciplinary artist Johannes Barfield, which will combine illustrations, sound, and sculpture in response to the theme of Collective Futures. The exhibition will center on a speculative science-fiction narrative about a former archaeologist returning looted artifacts in a world shaped by a dying sun and portal technology. Through layered soundscapes, tactile materials, and speculative storytelling, the exhibition will explore themes of cultural restitution, ecological urgency, and radical imagination. This project proposes a future shaped collectively through acts of repair. Further programming will be presented in conjunction with Collective Futures' Parallel Play Symposium at Asian Arts Initiative Oct 24-25, 2026. More information to be announced. Soft Crash is Tiger Strikes Asteroid's contribution to Collective Futures. Stephanie J. Woods is Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia's Annual Curatorial Fellow. Collective Futures is made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the PCI Catalyst Grant, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Free People and the Penn Treaty Special Services District (PTSSD). Read more Toggle Mixed media Installation Sculpture Audio / Sound