How to Dig a Hole Outside Itself
2018
March 2 – March 24
SITE Sharp
Contributing Artists
Alden Burke, Jasper Goodrich
Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:
Through exchange, play, and arrangement, How to Dig a Hole Outside itself creates scenarios to access unknown outcomes. This loosely chronological exhbition charts the collaboration between Jasper Goodrich (MFA, 2018) and Alden Burke (MA, 2018) as they learn about each other, creating a shareable practice. Marrying Goodrich’s iterative and unwieldy image making and Burke’s faculty for vulnerable and empathetic exchange, the two react against and within the interests of the other as a way to materialize the unimaginable.
Programming
March 2, 4:00 – 6:00PM
SITE Sharp
SITE Sharp
This studio visit series invites collaborative groups to join Burke and Goodrich in the gallery to discuss the role of exchange in their respected practices. The conversation is followed by a participatory exercise facilitated by Burke and Goodrich. The outcome of these visits will culminate in a closing event in which the participants of Collaboration Exchange are invited to join us in a panel discussion to speak about collaboration through a number of perspectives.
Creating Between, Curating Within: Gallery Tour and Artist Talk
March 13, 2018, 4:15- 5:15 PM
SITE Sharp
Join us for a gallery tour and artist talk in which Burke and Goodrich walk through the process of creating the exhibition. Moving through the works, the two discuss their time together, including the role and nuances of collaboration, challenging title-as-barrier modalities (artist as maker, curator as editor), and the process of working together.
Exhibition Material
In March, 2018, SAIC’s student-run fnews Magazine featured a comprehensive write-up and review of “How to Dig a Hole Outside Itself”, entitled “‘How to Dig a Hole Outside Itself’ is a Collaborative Expansion” by Manisha A.R.
“How to Dig a Hole Outside Itself” write-up