Harvest
Michael Reinsch
August 8th-29th
Free Public Events Every Week
- August 15th: A Plant Will Tend to Grow In the Direction of Light at 8:00 PM (to coincide with the 8:17 PM sunset)
The artist Michael Reinsch will compose a poem on the fly from Barack Obama’s book “The Audacity of Hope.” Will be performed as the artist Michael Reinsch plants 24 small powered-on flashlights in a grow box. These flashlights will be left to die.
- August 22nd: Reception and performance of Public Drunkenness, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Michael Reinsch will wear a used whiskey barrel while he performs a poem on the fly celebrating the overabundance of alcohol. Advertising, personal stories of great times, struggles with substance abuse, and the tragedies of lives lost.
- August 29th: Fake Potatoes /closing reception, 3:00 pm 3 PM
The artist Michael Reinsch will plant a large quantity of fake potatoes in a 4’x 8’ raised garden bed. These fake potatoes will be planted while a poem about laziness is composed on the fly, followed by a reception.
Harvest - an exhibition of painting, sculptures and performances. Based on ideas of the Harvest, Reinsch’s work harkens back to the traditional and medieval, while celebrating modern farming and recent agricultural developments, exploring both the process and products of harvest and its impacts on human lives and identities. Placing this exploration in the context of climate change and over-consumption–and their impacts on the individual and collective psyche–this body of work is made up of contradictions and revelations.
Michael Reinsch has shown work nationally and locally in PICA’s TBA Festival and PDX Contemporary’s Window Project, and is a RACC Grant recipient. He has taught at PSU and the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he received a BFA in Painting and Drawing, as well as an MFA in Visual Studies.
Harvest is made possible by Haines & Friends Visual Arts Program and is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.
