hyphae collaborative network
upcoming
Sonic Happening Nbr. 1
Alabama · June 2026

hyphae
collaborative
network

A nonprofit arts organization in Alabama supporting exhibitions, exchange, moving-image work, and public programming.
Alabama nonprofit corporation. Federal tax-exempt application in preparation.
Through Every Glitch and Eruption installation view
Through Every Glitch and Eruption · Greensboro, Alabama · 2025
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Through Every Glitch and Eruption

Greensboro, Alabama · 2025
through every glitch and eruption was a group exhibition in a 19th-century folk Victorian house in Greensboro, Alabama, presented by hyphae collaborative network. Bringing together artists from Alabama and international contexts, the exhibition considered domestic space as a site of memory, residue, repair, and transformation.

Artists: Zebedee (Z.B.) Armstrong, Geraldine Belmont, William Christenberry, Thornton Dial, Susan Fitzsimmons, Beatrice Gibson, Bessie Harvey, Aki Illomäki, Adriano La Licata, Romana Londi, Peles Duo, Roseline Rannoch, Casey Roberts, Eva Seufert, Rob O’Shea, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Purvis Young, Phillip Zach.
Susan Fitzsimmons, Memes, 2017
Susan Fitzsimmons, Memes, 2017
Susan Fitzsimmons, Panspermia, 2015
Susan Fitzsimmons, Panspermia, 2015
Beatrice Gibson, I hope I’m loud when I’m dead, 2018
Beatrice Gibson, I hope I’m loud when I’m dead (still), 2018
Zebedee (Z.B.) Armstrong, Doomsday Calendar, 1987
Zebedee (Z.B.) Armstrong, Doomsday Calendar, 1987
William Christenberry, Untitled (Child’s Grave with Rosebuds), Hale County, AL, 1975
William Christenberry, Untitled (Child’s Grave with Rosebuds), Hale County, AL, 1975
Through Every Glitch and Eruption installation view
Installation view
Through Every Glitch and Eruption exhibition view
Installation view
Rob O’Shea, component, 2025
Rob O’Shea, component, 2025
Thornton Dial, Looking for Love, ca. 1990s
Thornton Dial, Looking for Love, ca. 1990s
Casey Roberts, Sampler, 2024
Casey Roberts, Sampler, 2024
Roseline Rannoch, Penny Loafers, 2010
Roseline Rannoch, Penny Loafers, 2010
Susan Fitzsimmons, Slippery Slope, 1976
Susan Fitzsimmons, Slippery Slope, 1976
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Chinese box and placemat, 1974
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Chinese box and placemat, 1974
Peles Duo, tools of tools (grüne finger), 2024
Peles Duo, tools of tools (grüne finger), 2024
Purvis Young, Untitled (funeral march), 1980s
Purvis Young, Untitled (funeral march), 1980s
Aki Illomäki, Untitled, 2023
Aki Illomäki, Untitled, 2023
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Electric Slide

Palermo · 2025
Group exhibition staged in a lived-in apartment setting, considering gestures of decline, cultural residue, historical re-enactment, and ideological slippage through choreography, resistance, and domestic space.
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HOSUE

Studio Abadir, Greensboro, Alabama · 2025
Valentine’s Day screening presented with High Water Incorporated and Cinema Fantastique, including video works by Gordon Matta-Clark, Eginhartz Kanter, Adam Kaplan, Karen Russo, and Phillip Zach, alongside Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho.
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Screening / Studio Abadir / Greensboro
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The Social Dance

Harmony Club, Selma, Alabama · 2024
Public program and exhibition at the Harmony Club, developed as part of hyphae’s ongoing work around exchange, gathering, presentation, and cultural memory in Alabama.
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TV Snacks & a Spirit Box

Doom Spa, Berlin · 2024
Solo presentation of Charlie “The Tin Man” Lucas, curated by Littleton Odom and Phillip Zach, focusing on smaller works including the TV Snacks series and assemblage works referred to by Lucas as Spirit boxes.
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Charlie Lucas / Doom Spa / Berlin
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upcoming

Sonic Happening Nbr. 1

Alabama · June 2026
Upcoming public program. Details will be announced.
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about

hyphae collaborative network is an Alabama nonprofit arts organization supporting contemporary art exhibitions, cultural exchange initiatives, moving-image work, and public educational programming.

The organization connects artists, writers, filmmakers, curators, and communities through exhibitions, screenings, publications, research initiatives, and long-term collaborative projects.

programs
hyphae is structured around interrelated program areas designed to serve a public educational purpose.

exhibitions

Public contemporary art exhibitions in Alabama and partner contexts, accompanied by texts, talks, screenings, and documentation.

exchange

Artist-centered research visits, collaborations, and exchange initiatives connecting communities through cultural production.

moving image

Film, video, documentation, artist-focused media, screenings, and public presentation.

public programs

Talks, workshops, publications, screenings, and interpretive materials for public audiences.

people
Board of Directors
  • James Littleton Odom
  • Phillip Zach
  • John Allan Clark
contact
General inquiries: info@hyphaecollab.net
Grants and institutional correspondence: grants@hyphaecollab.net
Submissions and project materials: submissions@hyphaecollab.net
Instagram:
Website currently under development. Additional archive materials, images, and project documentation will be added.