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Well, to put it simply, war is a business. The organization of an army is a considerable undertaking of procurement and expenses. When armies fight arms manufacturers profit, we wanted to use the adverts we see everyday at the grocery store to underline this. When people think about the $$$ behind conflict it really tends to put the suffering and destruction into perspective. Moreover it's interesting to note that the logistics that put loaves of bread and gallons of milk on the shelves of grocery stores are borne out of a system first developed to put bombs on targets in the battlefield. So with this in mind our work comes full circle.
When we're young we play armies and we're brought up to want to fight. The realities of war are not played out as a child but i guess the soldiers figure out for themselves later on. At what point do you realize that it's not a game and when do you decide that you don't want to play that game. I think for us we both had strong feelings about the military from an early age and eventually decided it wasn't for us. In terms of recent history......I don't know, perhaps when the US went from surplus of dollars to a huge deficit, or when the WMD's failed to materialize or the invasion of Panama, or the genocide in Rwanda.... i think at some point you look at the rhetoric of of our leaders and the actual realpolitik foreign policy and it all kind of coalesces really. It's obviously hard to dispute the sacrifices made in WWII but it's important to understand how the politicians led us there. THe same is true today, you have to respect the troops who fight but at the same time wonder how we ended up in this quagmire.
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Southern Illinois University |
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Southern Illinois University |
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Loughborough School of Art |
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2005
J’Accuse, Gescheidle. Chicago, IL.
Materiel World, Union league Club, Chicago, IL
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PRODUCT placement. Open Studio Program, Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
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Site specific installation - Chicago, IL |
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How We Get To Where Were Going |
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Theatre set design - Chicago, IL |
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Written by Theresa Rebeck Directed by Bea Bosco, designed and produced props for theater production, Sketchbook 6, Collaboraction, Chicago, IL |
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Site specific installation - Chicago, IL |
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Around the Coyote, Winter Arts Festival, curated by Allison Stites Chicago, IL |
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2007
Consuming War, curated by Barbara Koenen, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
Bridge Art Fair London 07, London, UK
Emergent Divergence, Open Studio Project, Evanston, IL J-Walking, Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
ietsmooisaandemuur Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Bridge Art Fair, Chicago, IL
We’ll Meet Again, GARDENfresh, Chicago, IL
Influen-zca, Allrise Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
My Apocalyptic Playground, South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
Something to do with Failure curated by Chester Costello, Moser Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL.
18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
ArtChicago, Chicago, IL.
Nova Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Mix Art at the James Hotel curated by Monique Meloche and Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL.
2005
Members Only, GARDENfresh. Chicago IL
Two Steps Back, Spin Gallery, Toronto Canada
2004
Frisbee Art Fair, Miami, FL.
Two Steps Back, Superstudio Piu, Milan, Italy
Winter Group Show, Bucket Rider Gallery
Two Steps Back, Kinzo Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Collaborations, Northern Illinois University Chicago Gallery, curated by Heather Weber, Chicago IL
Organically grown in the Midwest, curated by Luis Maldonado, Purchase College Dolly
Maas Gallery, Purchase, NY.
ArtChicago, Chicago, IL.
2003
1+1=3, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
Gun and Wound, The Annex, New York, NY. Curated by Alisoun Meehan.
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