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Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting, Jefferson Pinder:
ASSIMILATION/DISSOLUTION
916 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
January 19 – February 25, 2006
Assimilation/Dissolution follows a process of intensive creative dialogue between the artists
Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting and Jefferson Pinder. This project examines critical dialogue as a metaphor for the creation
or preservation of a sense of community, place and identity. Each artist begins by creating one piece on urban decay and the
shifting of boundaries in DC. Every 15 days thereafter, the artists swap the original pieces and create an additional work
of their own in response, continuing to trade and reinterpret for six months as each piece is filtered through the creative
lenses of the respective artists. This culminates in a collaborative performance: With the help of video artist Jonathan Sears,
the three map their relationships to the city through a series of overlapping site-specific actions. The
exhibition at Flashpoint showcases all of the pieces created throughout the project, encouraging meditation on the subject
of identity—of a place or neighborhood, as well as that of the individual artist—particularly in the face of transition.
View performance/video here
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