Bored

a photographic exhibition

by Gala Steele and Mingo Velasco

Saturday, November 15th at 1PM
Keep Looking Shop

1614 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702

What comes to mind when trying to describe this project is a quote from legendary psychoanalyst, Carl Jung: Life really does begin at 40. Up until then you are just doing research.

More than anything else what you can gather from this body of work is that sometimes the greatest impetus of change is something as mundane as boredom itself. What Gala Steele and Mingo Velasco are experiencing now is a true artistic renaissance, and in less than 2 years they have quickly asserted themselves as Texas’ most prolific couple in photography by simply embracing this lack of fervor.

Everything before now, all the paintings, body art, and procreation were small roads that bring us to the present, a great gift that boredom has spurred. Aesthetically, what I found from rummaging through the phonebook thick pile of outtakes where golden ratios and sacred geometries that express to me that while many of these photos where capturedin an instant, they were not done so in haste.

From dirty 6th lifers to New York City street vagabonds this work isn’t a homage to the work before it but a retaliation against it. This is New York City street (the 2025 remix) packaged to you by two of Austin’s most adored practitioners of the photographic arts.

A big thanks to @keeplookingshop for their constant support of the photography community

and always providing a space for us to express ourselves.

See you soon ;)