Scott Groeniger: March 27 – April 26

Opening Saturday March 28th 2009, 7pm – 10pm

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Relish, Savor, Enjoy (Create Flavors For a Happy Life)

Using textures and abstractions photographed in China, I am examining the present culture and lifestyle of the ancient
cradle of Chinese civilization which is Shanxi Province and the current cultural and political cradle which is Beijing. Shanxi
Province has a deep and rich cultural history that is thousands of years old. Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, has
recently emerged as a major industrial city, fueling the growth of China with much needed energy resources. Taiyuan City
is a leader in terms of the world’s worst air quality which is mostly caused by emissions from coal burning electricity plants
and steel production facilities. Additionally, Taiyuan has one of the highest ratios of actual to potential desert on earth and
as a result, is very quietly running out of water. With a small population of 3.5 million, Taiyuan is on the verge of becoming
one of China’s most hushed eco-disasters. Despite this rather grim future tense, Taiyuan continues to build and expand.

With the 2008 Olympics finally behind us, Beijing has emerged as a post-modern major international city in the global
arena. Working with photographic images from both of these unique locations in China I am combining textures and surfaces which reflect everyday life in China with images gathered from the many important cultural, archeological and historical sites, temples, art museums, and ancient cities around Shanxi Province and Beijing. The entire body of images weave together images of fragments and pieces from the present and the past found in these two extraordinary, historically significant places in China. The entire body of work ultimately suggests a rich cultural past overlaid on a future which is both full of challenges and hope as China transitions into an international super power.

The images are constructed from digital photographs and video I made while working in Taiyuan, Ping Yao and Beijing. The images are raster, vector, and time-based conversions assembled from a multitude of digital images video frames shot over the course of four years of travel and exploration of the region. They are images of an urban landscape that suggest a future that may never be realized and reveal a lifestyle that is both impossible and unimaginable. So why not… simply Relish, Savor, and Enjoy as we create flavors for a happy life.

on view now

January 14th – Feb 8th, 2012 Opening Reception: January 14th, 7-9pm Leigh Davis, detail from Foreclosed Storage Unit, 2009 “Now the truth of the matter – and one has no eye for that in times of great peril, and only by a great effort even in times when danger is threatening – is that in [...]

upcoming

Evan Robarts and James Moore
Sara Bouchard: The News: Monday-Friday, Parts 1 & 2
Karl Spörk, Another Meeting
BETWEEN MOUNTAIN
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
Patrick Cadenhead

past

Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24
Sara Ching-Yu Sun: Nov 7th- Nov 30
Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer: Sat Oct 10th
Patrick May: October 3 – november 2
Christian Brown: September 5 – October 1
Urban Plant Research: August 15 – August 30
Make Soap Box Racers! July 13th-August 8th
Hubert Dobler: June 6th – July 1st
Gary Baldwin: May 2nd – June 4th
Second Saturday Event: June 13, 7-10pm
Scott Groeniger: March 27 – April 26
Sara Bouchard: April 4th, 8pm
MonsterBASH | July 4th – August 15th | Party July 4th 4-7pm
Jeremy Slater and Tamara Yadao