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May 20 - July 29, 2016

Start Here. Finish Here.

Jim Finn (Brooklyn, NY), Sheryl A. Oring (Greensboro, NC)

Part of Vault

Start Here. Finish Here.
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Still from "Parallelograms"  Steve Rowell | 2015 |

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Still from "A Thousand Cuts"  Ligorano/Reese | 2011 |

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Still from "I Wish To Say"  Sheryl A. Oring | 2015 |

Start Here. Finish Here. is a collection of video works and documentaries that map complex political terrain and interrogate power, interspersed with political ads that present a time capsule of election cycles past. Representing both the voice of the people and the propaganda surrounding presidential candidates, this curated selection reflects the cynicism and hope that are equally abundant in the political process. Start Here. Finish Here. takes its title from the ominous-sounding tagline of the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee for the Republican National Convention.

Participating artists: Jim Finn (St. Louis, MO), Nora Ligorano & Marshall Reese (New York, NY), Sheryl A. Oring (Greensboro, NC), Steve Rowell (Los Angeles, CA), and Daniel Tucker (Philadelphia, PA), in addition to actual attack ads and disinformation shorts shown in The Vault strictly for educational purposes.

Curated by Steve Rowell (Los Angeles, CA) & Christina Vassallo (Cleveland, OH).

About the Artists

Jim Finn

Jim Finn was born in St. Louis and currently teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. "Steeped in the obsolete language of revolutionary art," The New York Times said Finn's films "often play like unearthed artifacts from an alternate universe." His award-winning movies have been called "Utopian comedies" and "trompe... go to artist page

Sheryl A. Oring

Sheryl Oring examines critical social issues through projects that incorporate old and new media to tell stories, examine public opinion and foster open exchange. Using tools typically employed by journalists (the camera, the typewriter, the pen, the interview and the archive) she builds on experience in her former profession to... go to artist page

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