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Dorado 806 Projects is proud to present Apology Box, a new durational performance and official world record attempt by Los Angeles-born artist Vita Kari, alongside UnSorry, a group exhibition curated by Kari that explores the performance of remorse in contemporary life.
Kari enters the Apology Box on Wednesday, July 16th at 7PM and stays inside for 24 continuous hours. Kari will remain physically confined inside a transparent installation in the gallery, publicly apologizing without pause, some apologies scripted, others improvised, many drawn from the hyper-aestheticized language of influencer Notes app posts and PR-managed regret. The performance will conclude during the July 17th reception, where guests are invited to witness the final hour and Kari’s release.
This endurance-based work marks Kari’s first attempt to set a world record for the Longest Continuous Public Apology. More than a feat of stamina, Apology Box is a critique of accountability theater, digital spectatorship, and queer endurance. Visitors can engage by donating toward gender-affirming care and/or anonymously submitting apologies they wish they'd received, all via vitakari.com/apology.
24hr Livestream from 7pm PST 7/16 - 7pm PST 7/17
Vita Kari ‘Apology Box’, photo courtesy of: Sean Behr
About Vita Kari Vita Kari (they/them) is a deaf/Hard of Hearing visual artist based in Los Angeles working across textiles, performance, and video. Their work explores queer identity, digital spectacle, and diasporic memory, often using tapestries inspired by their grandmother’s rugs to deconstruct the pixel as both screen and woven grid. Kari’s viral video series The Craziest Thing About Being Creative examines online attention and the loss of personhood through performance. They earned their MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2024 and have exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Yiwei Gallery (Wuhan), Zona Maco (Mexico City), and Goodmother Gallery (Los Angeles). Kari has been featured in Forbes, Artnet, Gay Times, and was recently named one of Artsy’s 30 Artists Defining Queer Art Now.