Upcoming Exhibitions
Barbarous Tongues: A Solstice Viriditas with Jason Triefenbach, Francis Dot, & Adrianna Jasso
Saturday, June 20 7-11pm
Barbarous Tongues: A Solstice Viriditas with Jason Triefenbach, Francis Dot, & Adrianna Jasso
Saturday, June 20 7-11pm
1122 joins Ecstatic Agendas in celebrating the summer solstice and the recent publication of Barbarous Tongues: A Journal of Arts and Esoterica! Artist- publisher Jason Triefenbach is joined by collagist Francis Dot and filmmaker Adrianna Jasso for an evening of arts, esoterica, and ecology. Dot presents an assortment of process-based mixed media works exploring temporality, identity, and embodied spirituality, while Triefenbach presents talismanic artworks and a live performance of his solar ritual Systasis with Helios. The evening culminates in a screening of Jasso’s documentary project Missing Everglades of the West, highlighting indigenous perspectives of the recent historic undamming of the Klamath River in Southern Oregon/Northern California. Additionally, a specially designed Solstice Libation will be available for refreshment and communal enlivenment.
Jason Triefenbach is an artist, writer, and non-denominational minister with a garden and a lifelong interest in lurking around the Occult/ Paranormal shelves in bookstores worldwide. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and New Media from Webster University St. Louis, and a Master of Science in Emergency Management and Community Resilience from Portland State University.
Jason’s sculptural works run the gamut from room sized installation to discrete wearable pieces as well as extensive work in performance, video, and other time-based forms. As Sun Duel they record and sometimes perform music with a variety of friends and loved ones. Jason has been self-publishing zines and pamphlets since the early 1990s, beginning with a sloppy collage broadsheet Licking the Toe Jam, and culminating thus far in the limited edition perfect-bound paperback Barbarous Tongues: a Journal of Arts and Esoterica.
Francis Dot is a research-based multidisciplinary artist and craftsman whose current work includes assemblage sculpture, collage, printmaking, and short fiction. He earned his BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon in 2010 with a focus on ceramic sculpture. After over a half decade hiatus in art making, Francis returned to his practice in 2019. Dot works as a house cleaner, yard worker, odd jobber, and periodically teaches art workshops. When he’s not working, Francis can often be found collecting plant matter and sparkling, aqua colored shards of broken safety glass from city sidewalks.
Adrianna Jasso will be showing "Missing Everglades of the West" a short documentary film and exhibition exploring Indigenous perspectives on water, including the world’s largest dam removal on the Klamath River. Directed by Adrianna Jasso, a member of the Klamath Tribes, one of the five tribes along the river, the documentary and exhibition share the voices of leaders who have fought for decades, and continue to fight, to protect our life sources, our water, and our First Foods."