Chris Larson, Pause (The Dukes of Hazzard '69 Charger and Ted Kaczynski's Montana Refuge), 2000. White pine, Douglas fir, screws, glue; approximately 10 x 10 x 14

Installation photographs by Mark Woods. All images copyright the artists.
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Event: Western Bridge presents Crispin Spaeth Dance Group: Dark Room Feb 17 - March 4, tickets ($10)

"Crash. Pause. Rewind." includes work by Josh Azzarella, Richard Barnes, Boym Design, E.V. Day, Tacita Dean, Christoph Draeger, Jon Haddock, Timothy Hutchings, Chris Larson, Euan Macdonald, Robert Lazzarini, and Crispin Spaeth Dance Group. A critique of the allure of images of destruction, "Crash. Pause. Rewind." examines the disaster imagery generated by Hollywood and the news media as a commodified sublime, set on eternal repeat.

Click here for a PDF of "Instant Ruin," an essay by Eric Fredericksen accompanying the exhibition.

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