8pm - 10pm

Tree Farm (video from Oregon)
Featuring work by:
Mike Bray
Tom Greenwood
MK Guth
Jared Haug
Gretchen Hogue
Rose McCormick
Matt Nixon
Melody Owen
Patrick Rock
Jesse Sugarmann

Tucked up and away on a geographic shelf, Oregon is a clouded and
introspective state. Adopting the term "Pacific Wonderland" as an
official identity, Oregon mistook Carroll's rabbit hole for a
political model early on, leading the state to develop its imagination
rather than its commerce. Currently, Oregon leads the nation in only
three ways: percentage of children who are read to every day, number
of Starbucks per capita, and percentage of deceased cremated rather
than buried. And these numbers effectively outline the pan-Oregonian:
over-nurtured, over-caffeinated, bookish, and carrying with him the
ashes of the dead.
Ditch Projects of Springfield, Oregon is pleased to present you with
Tree Farm, a collection of video art from Oregon. Combining the
efforts of both established and emerging artists, Tree Farm explores
Oregonian approaches to narrative and document, providing a telling
(if not thorough) portrayal of the Wonderland experience.
Image attached: Tom Greenwood, The Salem Singers, Video still, 2010