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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 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.








































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