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September 13-December 8, 2007
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ARTISTS
Amy Chan, Guy Debord, Design Management AS, Dan Graham, Komar & Melamid, Learning Group, Nicola López, Scott Massey, Miss Rockaway Armada, Ester Partegàs, Tim Rietenbach, 5.5 Designers
CURATOR
James Voorhies
There is currently an extraordinary surge of interest in the state of the environment as we become increasingly aware of the cultural and ecological consequences caused by acts of over-consumption. A number of green organizations, labels, and certifications have contributed to more environmentally conscious ways of living and pushed these issues to a public forefront. But egregious waste, over-indulgence and mass consumerism continue to define contemporary society. Environmental activism is expressed in the things we buy and how we live, demonstrating our support for a better world through collective consumption of organically certified and socially accepted green products, actions and services. Alas, it is still consumption.
So how do we live an effective, environmentally sound life? In Consumption Junction participants seek to make us think more about these issues and other topics related to the general impact humans make on the earth. Through insightful cultural criticisms and whimsical, imaginative alternatives set somewhere between reality and fiction, the artists, writers, designers, thinkers, filmmakers and performers in the exhibition share a sensitivity to this worldwide environmental movement and ecological crisis. We are encouraged to contemplate these issues a little more deeply at a juncture where excessive consumption and the environment meet.
INSTITUTION
Columbus College of Art & Design
PRODUCERS
Katy Castronovo, Danny Tuss, Steve Lombardi, Palmer Pattison, Nate Padavick, Elizabeth Tupp
ECONOMY
Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio Arts Council, Greater Columbus Arts Council, CD101, GreenColumbus
Publication
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Nicola López, White Noise, 2006
ink, graphite on paper, 44.5 x 44.5 inches
courtesy of Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
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Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle, 1973
downloaded from UbuWeb and transferred to DVD, 88 minutes
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Tim Rietenbach, Praying Hands, 2007
mixed-media, site-specific installation, dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist
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Scott Massey, 93B Avenue at 165th Street, 2006, from the series Crepuscule
FujiFlex print with UV lamination, 40 x 40 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Learning Group, Collecting System] in Monterrey, Mexico, 2005
documentation of Learning Book #001] and Learning Poster #003]
courtesy of the artists
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Komar & Melamid, Architectural Fantasies, 1998, from the series Collaborations with Animals
computer print collages, 11 x 17 inches
courtesy of the former Komar & Melamid Art Studio Archive
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5.5 Designers, Réanim, 2004
mixed-media installation, dimensions variable
courtesy of the designers
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Ester Partegàs, Experience Life, 2007, from the series We the People
inkjet ultrachrome archival print, 44 x 50 inches
courtesy of the artist and Foxy Production, New York
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Dan Graham, Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall, (1986–2005), 2005
video, 8 minutes, color, sound
courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
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Design Management AS, Trondheim, Norway, The Bicycle Lift Trampe, built 1993
photo documentation and video
courtesy of the designer
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Amy Chan, The Sonoran Desert, 2006, from the series New Ecosystems
gouache on panel, 20 x 26 inches
courtesy of the artist and Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
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The Miss Rockaway Armada, 2006. photograph by Santiago Mostyn
slide installation and photographs
courtesy of the artists
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