Come say goodbye to Tame Joy with us. Doors open at 6, and the night runs until 10.
What’s happening
- 6 PM: Doors open. Come hang out, look at the art, and meet the lads.
- 7 PM: Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament kicks off.
- 10 PM: Last call for clownloading.
The tournament
32 bracket slots, first come first serve. Controllers and systems are provided, so just bring your skills. The winner takes home the big Tame Joy lad sculpture from the poster. Yes, the actual one. All smashers welcome.
🎮 $5 Tournament Entry Fee (for players only, visitors free)
The vibes
PBR and La Croix will be on site, and it’s BYOB if you want something else. You don’t have to play to come. All art lovers are welcome to hang out, look closely, and commune with Tame Joy while we clownload the truth.
About the show
This is the first full gallery presentation of Lumen the Sim’s Tame Joy figures. They’re hand-painted, 3D-printed, digitally sculpted characters from a larger mythology called Lum3nation, a world that treats 1969 (ARPANET and the moon landing arriving the same year) as its cosmological origin point. The show’s tagline, “Clownloading The Truth,” is the whole thesis: using a clown-coded, internet-native visual language to look at how reality gets processed, simulated, and sold back to us. The exhibition runs Oct 2 to Oct 31.
About Lumen the Sim
Lumen’s practice draws equally from art history and the vernacular forms of contemporary life: the social media reel, the fan page, the gif, the meme. These aren’t low forms. They’re the folk media of right now, the altars, illuminated manuscripts, and morality plays of the present. The work moves between handmade fabrication, digital animation, sculptural installation, and moving image, and refuses the line between the artisanal and the algorithmic.
Good to know
Highlights
- 4 hours
- In person
Location
Thundershark Gallery
52 O Street Northwest
#Suite 202c Washington, DC 20001
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