THIS EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER A GROUP OF ARTISTS RESPONDING AND ASPIRING TO WERNER HERZOG'S SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT BOOK SHARING THE SAME TITLE. WRITTEN IN 1974, AND UNTIL RECENTLY OUT OF PRINT, THE ARTISTS APPROACH AND RE-CONTEXTUALIZE FACETS OF HERZOG'S TRAVELOGUE, AN ARTICULATE TALE OF A 3-WEEK WALK FROM MUNICH TO PARIS.
THROUGH 2009 & 2010 THIS EXHIBITION TOURED FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND AND CONCLUDED (IN-PART) AT DITCH PROJECTS IN SPRINGFIELD OREGON. THIS SITE SERVES AS AN ARCHIVE OF THE EXHIBITION, IT'S TRAVELS, AND THE ARTISTS INVOLVED.
ARTISTS INCLUDE:
DAVID BERMAN, JOSEPH BURWELL, DOMINIC DEJOSEPH, BILL DANIEL, ANNA FIDLER, ANNA GRAY + RYAN PAULSEN, ALEXANDRA LAKIN-GORDON, DONALD MORGAN, MELODY OWEN, LINAS PHILLIPS, GREG POND, QUALIA TINKERING INSTITUTE, JAN TUMLIR, LAURA VANDENBURGH, & ANKE WEYER.
((FIND COMPLETE ARTIST BIOS, EXHIBITED WORKS, AS WELL AS THE TEXT OF JAN TUMLIR'S "CROSSING PATHS" WRITTEN, AND PUBLISHED, FOR THE OCCASION OF THIS EXHIBITION)).
- JACK RYAN: CURATOR
The exhibition poster is a production still from Dominic DeJoseph’s elegant film produced for this exhibition.