Disposable - Installation

Disposable is an exhibition featuring the work of filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Jasmine McGlade. A darkly humorous, immersive site-specific installation intentionally presented within a bathroom gallery, the exhibition transforms the space into a feminist meditation on endurance, rejection, and the thick skin required to survive within the film industry. Disposable confronts anxieties surrounding mortality, creative labor, and the slow erosion of artistic agency within a culture increasingly shaped by trend cycles, market pressures, and business decisions that determine cultural value and what is ultimately permitted to be made, funded, and seen. The exhibition considers both the perceived death of art and the disposability of artists themselves—flattened into content, discarded by relevance, and subjected to an industry of continual replacement, particularly for women and historically excluded communities who have faced disproportionate barriers to representation and longevity. Embedded within the larger installation, discrete works are presented as salable artworks from the show, extending the exhibition’s tension between ephemerality, commodification, and artistic permanence. Timed to coincide with the first year of the Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, the exhibition situates itself in direct dialogue with the film industry and its evolving cultural landscape.


Jasmine McGlade is a writer, director, and multidisciplinary visual artist working across film, sculpture, installation, and painting. She holds a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies (Art and Film) from Harvard University. Her work has been exhibited internationally, held in public collections, and featured in publications including The New York Times, Film Comment, and Artforum. She has received fellowships and served as an invited speaker, guest lecturer, and juror, with recent engagements including 2026 screenings and talks at Oxford University, Cookie Factory, and Tribeca Film Festival. Her art was published recently in The Harvard Advocate and the Vassar Review. She was recently selected by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to create and present a large-scale sculpture and performance work in LACMA’s art parade, co-curated and presented by Jeffrey Deitch. As a filmmaker, Jasmine executive produced Academy Award®-winning film La La Land, and played a key role in developing and producing Damien Chazelle's Oscar®-winning film Whiplash. McGlade and Chazelle collaborated creatively for ten years on various projects, including co-written screenplays. At just twenty years old, McGlade produced award-winning jazz musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, named one of the year's best films by The New York Times. Jasmine's passion for music led her to direct music videos for Atlantic Records, Dualtone, and Yep Roc Records, including recent videos for Grammy-nominated artist Gregory Alan Isakov, Max, Nolan Taylor, Jobi Riccio, Heavy Diamond Ring, and The Bones of J.R. Jones. As a writer-director, McGlade has worked with companies such as Netflix, Amazon, LeBron James' SpringHill, Casey Affleck's Sea Change Media, Nicholas Hoult's Dead Duck Films, Naomi Osaka's Hana Kuma, and SB Projects. Jasmine's feature directorial debut was an award-winning independent film called Maria My Love, which she wrote, directed, and produced, starring Independent Spirit Award nominee Judy Marte, and Golden Globe winner and Oscar® nominee Karen Black. The film premiered to critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed the following year. McGlade is also a decorated athlete, having been a national champion and NCAA All-American in fencing. Jasmine's volunteer work is wide-ranging, reflecting her passion for mental health, social justice, nature, children, and the arts. She currently serves on the board of Circuit Arts.

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