Artists: Raphael Arar, Elizabeth Arzani, Heather Lee Birdsong, Brittney Connelly, Epiphany Couch, Renee Couture, Carolyn Hazel Drake, Michael Espinoza, Quinha Faria, Marcelo Fontana, Pamela Hadley, Chris Lael Larson, Matthew Bennett Laurents, Maria Lux, Kyle Adam Kalev Peets, Allan Pichardo, Kim Smith Claudel, Matt Williams, Rachael Zur
Through decomposition, soil is made fertile for seeds to take root. What should we construct from what needs to be deconstructed—systems, ideologies, images, a line, a composition, a theory? What should or could grow in its place? In the decay of dated systems and ideas for art, culture, politics, artists can plant new seeds and imagine new ecosystems.
SOSO, the studio of spaces & objects is both a showroom and experimental gallery located in the studio of Matthew Philip Williams. Williams defines SOSO as an exploration of our built environment.
“…Objects in context, spaces with purpose. Trying to understand the things we make here in their lives beyond us.”
Closing Reception is: Friday, August 25th 4-8pm / Artist Talk 6pm
Open Hours: Saturday, August 26th 4-6pm or by appointment
Pipes deliver and receive as conductors; they flow all sorts of materials to both of their ends. But what happens when the pipe clogs?
In this exhibition, Portland based artists Elizabeth Arzani and ahuva s. zaslavsky meet in a rambling garden to conduct a dialogue about the concept of ends and the spaces in between, discussing the role of pipes and tubes as mechanisms for transporting materials and connecting contrasting spaces.
I am excited to say that as a new member of the artist collective Carnation Contemporary, I will be participating in Form.a, an art press fair focused on artist-run spaces in Portland.
“…the ants, which once crossed the border between life and death, slip through the skin now, linking the outside and the inside, history and event, myth and injury. A puncture. A crack…the ants climb the inner face of the body’s organs and, laboring against tissues and mucous membranes, advance steadily until they reach the most intimate crevices, the rifts. Collectors on the surface, predators under the ground. The ants have already colonized every corner of the planet and yet, clearly unsatisfied, they now travel through the lymphatic system, the large intestine, the very fine network of veins and arteries, the hidden side of the tongue.
