Show Photos - Out of the Shell of the Old
Posted July 9, 2008 by colin_matthes in Justseeds Collective Projects
I am sitting in the airport in Pittsburgh after a workshop with RUST - the Radical Urban Silkscreen Team. RUST is a rad goup of teens making prints in Pittsburgh and they were a blast to work with.
My plane is delayed and I have a few minutes to sort through some photos of the completed Justseeds exhibition at Space 1026 in Philadelphia. Here they are.
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The theme was being worked out in process. And there was a joke while we were working, referring to one side as Braddock, PA and the other was Portland, or Asheville, NC.
The dichotomy of dystopia/utopia was suggested as a theme, yet some members didn't feel there is such a stark separation, especially in the ways we represent them visually.
I find that many times "urban" or industrial imagery is associated with Dystopia, and nature is associated with utopia.
I have a hard time relating to those entirely because I find an incredible sense of community in a gigantic city, and my survival depends on my human relationships. In my ideal world there is space and respect for both the natural world and a restructure of society and how we make "things".
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Looks like you guys set up a dense-ass show. and by the photos, it looks like you really worked toward bridging the pragmatic/fantastic gap. Or the Providence/Pittsburgh gap, depending on your understanding of the jargon.
Posted by: mike t. at July 10, 2008 12:14 PM