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
Joseph Burwell was born in Iceland and raised in southwestern Virginia.  He received his MFA in sculpture from Tulane University in New Orleans.  After moving to New York in 2000 he participated in residencies at The Cooper Union, PS 122, and at The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program.  He has shown in New York at Exit Art, Spencer Brownstone, and has an upcoming solo show at Miyako Yoshinaga Arts Prospects. He lives and works in Brooklyn.     

Joseph Burwell was born in Iceland and raised in southwestern Virginia.  He received his MFA in sculpture from Tulane University in New Orleans.  After moving to New York in 2000 he participated in residencies at The Cooper Union, PS 122, and at The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program.  He has shown in New York at Exit Art, Spencer Brownstone, and has an upcoming solo show at Miyako Yoshinaga Arts Prospects. He lives and works in Brooklyn.   

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