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Christine Weber

Contact info: christine.weber15@pcc.edu

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Form of Indeterminate Purpose by W. Vandoren Wheeler May 3 Social worker dropped it off: only thing left in Dad’s lastest apartment. She said she found it set in the exact center of the living room. Typical Dad, no note. Oblique little trash obelisk. May 7 No contact from Dad for days—no letter, no nothing. No trace, online or elsewhere. He is gone. Gone gone. May 18 I must assume Dad left this worthless trinket for me, but it’s not anything I remember. Started searching through old photographs, scanning backgrounds of snapshots and polaroids. Borrowed a slide projector to cycle through the family shoebox. Late into the night, the carousel’s shu-kah, shu-kah. Stared past us to scan countertops, bookshelves, terra cotta pots-their black holes of soil from which off-green plants spring…. Found nothing. June 11 Sent the mystery token off to a lab. They ran the basics, came back with the obvious: 3.729 ounces, ceramics of unknown origin, 13 gauge steel wire for internal structural support, oxidized by Father Time. “Form of indeterminate purpose.” Wow, thanks. June 16 Not only do I not have any, today I realized I would stomp-squash any hope might sprout. What I do have is this clue. The form is the thing. I can hold it, this solid artifact. This key. I’m turning it into a totem, an unread message. June 22 Sent that stupid mute trash amulet to a better lab, somewhere upstate. Coughed up for the works. June 25 Carbon dating puts it at 1972. Good start, but waiting for results from all available separatory methods: selective precipitation, filtration, complexation, osmosis, Form of Indeterminate Purpose
"Form of Indeterminate Purpose" short story by W. Vandoren Wheeler. Posted February 17, 2024
Painting of person holding out arms with counting hatch marks on the wall behind them. Una Kim | Battlegrounds
The North View Gallery is pleased to announce our January show, Battlegrounds, an exhibition of new work by HARTS (Humanities and Arts Initiative) Artist in Residence, Una Kim. Posted December 16, 2023
Artist Nuria Montiel holding up a print she just pulled. A Conversation with Nuria Montiel
A conversation with Mexican printmaker Nuria Montiel and Alberto McKelligan Hernández, discussing the history of political printmaking in Mexico, as well as the contributions of women artists to this rich artistic tradition. Posted October 17, 2023
Full view of the wrapped mountain installation. Vanessa Calvert | I don’t know about you, but I just want to be held
The North View Gallery is pleased to invite you to experience a work in progress as the artist Vanessa Calvert constructs a new site-specific installation; I don’t know about you, but I just want to be held. Posted September 20, 2023
blue green background and the words call for artists Call for Artists
The North View Gallery in Portland, OR is excited to announce an Open Call for exhibition proposals from artists, collectives […] Posted July 24, 2023
Image of young person sitting in from of Pac Man screens. Where Are We Now: Ģý Art Student Exhibition 22/23
Where Are We Now, Ģý’s 3rd annual college-wide art student exhibition represents the community’s first opportunity to see new student art made across the Ģý district in person. Posted April 22, 2023
Turquoise rectangle with the acronym IRL in multiple shades and tints of red. IRL – An In-Person Show of Ģý Student Work from Past Online Exhibitions
An In-Person Show of Ģý Student Work from Past Online Exhibitions Posted March 12, 2023
Black and white photographs of flags on a wall. Rochelle Kulei Nielsen’s New Alphabet
Historical context for the new alphabet created by Rochelle Kulei Nielsen for her 2022 exhibition in the North View Gallery. Posted January 2, 2023
Arched shapes and the words "We Make Worlds" Sandy Sampson | We Make Worlds
We Make Worlds is an exhibition that celebrates the often unacknowledged experience, creativity, and resilience that surrounds us everyday. Posted November 7, 2022
Charged Voids essay
Essay by art historian Christine Weber for Avantika Bawa's exhibition "Charged Voids" at the North View Gallery in 2022. Posted September 29, 2022
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