The new artist run space Ghost Gallery is located right next to Portland International Airport and the Columbia River. Previously used as a storage space for the Boy Scouts, it has since been abandoned. It acts as a recluse from the strong winds and deafening sounds of the airplanes taking off right above you. The walls have been painted white as a way to transform it into something that has the illusion of something more proper, yet the wet spots on the floor makes it look like a dog peed on it. The images in PAGEANT are a loose conglomerate of ideas that acts as a ‘low stakes’ parallel to the artist’s current effort to produce an undergraduate thesis project. Ghost Gallery functions as a space for experimentation where new connections can be uncovered and explored.

A sign outside of a dog grooming salon, located at a strip mall next to the freeway. You bring your dog there -- your tender companion -- and give them a trim as a symbol of care and affection, or to uphold an aesthetic expectation... What is cute and tender without some seduction? Anthropomorphism is implicit. Like two people sort of feeling each other out, wondering if there might be a connection. In a way the work is longing for the viewer’s attention -- displayed for everyone to look at and judge and hopefully you’ll make it out on the other side with minimal amounts of public embarrassment. As a year is spent in isolation you have to shout your hopes out yourself. It’s a necessity in an effort to feel cared for. Images themselves can be oblivious and vulnerable, forming and confounding as they’re searching for a place to situate themselves, to feel confident and astute.