PEEP/SHOW
This fall, USC Roski’s MA Cohort in Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere presents PEEP/SHOW, an exhibition that draws on the historical and cultural resonance of the peep show box to investigate what compels us—again and again—to the acts of looking and imaging.
Opening Reception is on…
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
The exhibition brings together works that examine voyeurism, representation, surveillance technologies, and the mechanics of spectatorship. While eclectic in subject and material, these works collectively turn our gaze back onto the apparatus itself: how it shapes the images we consume, the selves we perform, and the ways those performances become bound to our sense of identity.
Featuring work by:
Tsohil Bhatia
Antonia Crane
Mirza Cizmic
Nat Decker
Sebastián Hernández
Kayla Tange
Cammie Toloui
Molly Vaughan
…and more
As part of the exhibition, pioneering independent filmmaker Lizzie Borden will present a special screening and talk on November 4, 2025, further extending the conversation around gender, representation, and spectatorship.
Lizzie Borden Roski Talks Presentation: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Curatorial Team: Sam Fitz, Luka Fisher, Alex Kawawaki, Nicole Sue Kim, Ezequiel Olvera, Joshua J. Ramirez
Supervised by Jenny Lin, PhD