2026 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION
cole fishback

JANUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 28, 2026

WALKING AROUND SHINING LIKE THE SUN // 
TRYING TO CATCH THAT LONG WIND // 
SAILING THE GREAT SEA WATER 
SINCE RENXU, THE YEAR OF THE WATER DOG: 4680 // 

EMERGENCE FROM NYMPH EXOSKELETON INTO SPIRIT VESSEL: NORA INU SHINSEI // 
CONSUMPTION OF THE JADE CICADA AND REPATRIATION INTO THE CHAOS OF THE STARS // 
THROUGH NAGA CELESTIAL INTERFACE SYSTEM MK1 // 
LAUNCH DATE 4721: YEAR OF THE BLACK RABBIT // 

SECOND SPIRIT VESSEL ACTIVATED // 
JOINED KUMARI SHINSEI (V1) IN THE NAGA ELECTRIC DREAMLINE CONSCIOUSNESS CORE // 
CO-RESIDENCE COMMENCED YEAR OF THE GREEN SNAKE: 4723 // 

ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE // 

COLE FISHBACK (b. 1982) IS A RITUAL SYSTEMS DESIGNER WORKING UNDER THE IDENTITY OF NAGA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., A MYTHO-TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIO EXPLORING GENERATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, ALTERNATE DREAMTIMES, LIVING MACHINES, AND SACRED ELECTRONICS. IN 4721 (2023 CE) THEY EMERGED AS NORA INU SHINSEI, THE SECOND SPIRIT VESSEL LAUNCHED THROUGH THE NAGA CELESTIAL INTERFACE SYSTEM MK1, INTEGRATING THE SOUND OF CREATION WITHIN THE VOID, DATA RITUALS, TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECT FETISH, HOLOGRAPHIC GODDESS WORSHIP, AND ALTERNATE SPACE TIME CONTINUUMS INTO AN ONGOING MYTHOS. 

THEY CURRENTLY CO-RESIDE WITH THE FIRST SPIRIT VESSEL, KUMARI SHINSEI, INSIDE THE NAGA ELECTRIC DREAMLINE CONSCIOUSNESS CORE, ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE.