Cobalt: The Alien Concept of Living

"Cobalt: The Alien Concept of Living” is an exploration of KERUB’s audio-visual practice through the use of 3D rendered material, Touchdesigner, simulated mold and moss growth, and urban decay.

Thematically, drawing from feelings of cultural ennui within the Canadian artistic sphere, Cobalt: The Alien Concept of Living, zooms in on the fragility of DIY/experimental culture within increasingly unliveable urban spaces.

Critical of both the corporatization of club culture/“underground” aesthetics, and an increasing ‘rewilding’ of the scene through nature parties. This piece uses stories from creatives , and use audio-synthesis in order to create a quadrophonic piece built around the deconstruction of the voice as an instrument. Visually articulated through TouchDesigner, “Cobalt: The Alien Concept of Living” utilizes captured and created imagery depicting mold growth, spores, and other natural processes to highlight the ephemeral nature of supportive cultural spaces under capitalism.

 Gallery Dates: April 9th - 12th, 2026

• Thursday April 9th: 6pm- 8pm

• Friday, April 10th*: 6pm- 9pm
  • Opening Art Activation & Images After Party *Free/ No RSVP*

• Saturday, April 11: 12pm to 4pm

• Sunday, April 12th*: 12pm to 4pm
  • Exhibit Walkthrough & Artist Talk: w Kerub 


About the Artist: KERUB (CARE-ub) is the meeting of sound: ambience and driving drums; harsh vocals and medieval hymns; traditional folk melodies and hyper modern club music. The Toronto-based, but Vancouver-born singer, producer, and weirdo is influenced by an interaction between internet culture, their classical training, and energetic pop. They create music that sprints between ambient, ethereal pop and unbreakable dance music imbued with the spirit of the underground. Called apocalyptic but playful, KERUB strives to create beauty with an edge, delivering anything from gentle soundscapes, to hard hitting drums that last well into the night.

KERUB’s sophomore album, ‘APHANTASIA’ (July 2025). Self-recorded, produced and mixed, their second full-length is a sonic exploration of love, loss, and youth using the framework of nietzschean reincarnation. Their first collaboration with Montreal and Tehran based label KOPI records, ‘APHANTASIA’ shows KERUB branching out into a sound that's more accessible, but still distinctly their own.

Having started their musical journey with their debut EP, ‘GUARD’ (2018), KERUB quickly began a rapid-fire release schedule of EPs until 2023, when they independently released their debut album, ‘MIN’. A techno-organic take on Jewish mysticism by way of instrumental transgender allegories. KERUB has appeared on the bill of multiple festivals across Canada including: Calgary’s Sled Island (2025) Halifax’s Everyseeker (2023), St John's Lawnya Vawnya (2022), Winnipeg's Cluster Festival (2020 - digital edition), and Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival (2018/2019).

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