Bloom & Collapse

• Elise Richman and Saya Moriyasu, Etsuko Ichikawa and Laura Ward, Troy Gua and Shaun Kardinal, Margie Livingston and Thom Heileson, Ryan Molenkamp and Sharon Arnold, Damon Mori and Amanda Manitach, Joey Veltkamp and Susanna Bluhm

• February 2–26, 2011

• Opening reception Thursday, February 3, 6–8pm

Curated by Seattle artists Susanna Bluhm and Amanda Manitach, Bloom & Collapse presents the collaborative work of seven pairs of artists who have come together to address concepts of decay, fragmentation and decomposition. As a vaguely overarching--yet eternally relevant--subject in our daily lives, decay manifests here in the deconstructive potential of materials, time-based processes, elemental exposure, chance, and digital and analog disintegration. In collaborative work that includes audio installation, animated video, painting, and time-based sculpture, the role of community is emphasized in formulating structure around the fact of universal loss.

Exhibiting artist pairs are Elise Richman and Saya Moriyasu, Etsuko Ichikawa and Laura Ward, Troy Gua and Shaun Kardinal, Margie Livingston and Thom Heileson, Ryan Molenkamp and Sharon Arnold, Damon Mori and Amanda Manitach, Joey Veltkamp and Susanna Bluhm.