February 2011 / Bloom & Collapse
Etsuko Ichikawa & Laura Ward
Burned Recording, 2010
Paper, burned mark
21"h x 21"w x 2"d
Susanna Bluhm & Joey Veltkamp
One Day I'll Grow Up, 2011
Animation still
Video projection
Saya Moriyasu & Elise Richman
Dusty, 2011
Mixed media
6.5"h x 7"w 4"d
Curators / Susanna Bluhm and Amanda Manitach
Bloom & Collapse
Elise Richman & Saya Moriyasu
Etsuko Ichikawa & Laura Ward
Troy Gua & Shaun Kardinal
Margie Livingston & Thom Heileson
Ryan Molenkamp & Sharon Arnold
Damon Mori & Amanda Manitach
Joey Veltkamp & Susanna Bluhms
February 02 – 26, 2011
Reception / Thursday, February 03, 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.