916 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001 January 19 – February
25, 2006
Assimilation/Dissolution follows a process of intensive creative
dialogue between artists Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting, and Jefferson Pinder. The project uses critical dialogue as a
metaphor for the creation of community, place and identity. Each artist begins by creating one 2-D artwork exploring themes
of urban decay and the shifting patchwork landscape of DC. Every 15 days, the artists swap pieces and create additional works
in response to one another, continuing to trade and reinterpret for six months as each piece is filtered through one another's
creative lenses. 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 identity—of a place
or neighborhood, as well as that of the individual artist—particularly in the face of transition.
