Reception: Offcut — Geoffrey Campen

Opening Reception:
* Saturday, October 3, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Exhibition Dates:
* October 3 – November 8

GRO exhibitions

• Geoffrey Campen Offcut: mixed-media work based on architectural plans

The public is cordially invited to the Opening, October 3, from 3 to 5pm. Meet GRO Artists, listen to Artists Talks at 3pm, and enjoy a glass of wine.

Shows run until November 8, Gallery open 11am to 5pm, Thurs through Mon.     https://galleryrouteone.org 

Geoffrey Campen’s Offcut, in the Project Space, is a mixed-media work, hand-drafted architectural plans altered with mixed-media layering. Campen is an architect and artist based in the Bay Area and Sea Ranch. Campen writes:I’ve long been conflicted my role in a building process that generates enormous waste and does not often have a collaborative relationship with the natural environment—houses demolished before their time, materials cut and discarded because of the standard lengths and shapes they’re milled in, trees/forests cleared for material and also land to build on, etc. This unease shapes my work. Offcut reimagines how the built world might adapt to the changing natural world and potentially volatile natural environments.

Each piece begins as an architectural project, drafted and conceptualized with discipline and conceived for an imagined environment or environmental event rather than a real site. A structure rises and falls with the tides on pilings, like a dock. Rooftops and upper stories of a flooded city are reimagined as new ground. These are speculative studies, questioning how architecture might bend to meet the changing conditions we’re at fault for.

www.riceandbeansart.com         https://www.instagram.com/geoffcampen/

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Gallery Route One is a nonprofit art organization. Our mission is to originate and present contemporary art exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach, to inspire people to experience the world in new ways. The gallery was founded by 25 artists in 1983 and currently maintains a membership of 15 artists. Our Board of Directors is drawn from interested community members, including artists. The organization offers two exhibition programs: Artist Member exhibitions and Visiting Artist Program exhibitions, which feature guest artists. We also support Artists in the Schools, The Latino Photography Project, and a GRO Fellows Program.

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