DESCRIPTION:
A figure from far into the future of gnarled wood and bark hovers over an ominous and seemingly impenetrable steel ball. Projected around the figure: ghostly fragments of the chilling and historic “Sandia Message,” intended to ward off future humans from a nuclear waste storage site.

“This is not a place of honor…
No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here…
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us…”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Chris Combs is an artist based in Washington, D.C. and Mount Rainier, Maryland, whose sculptural artworks both incorporate and question technologies.

Before becoming an artist, he was a photojournalist, a photo editor for National Geographic, a product manager, and ran a media website.

As a kid, he wanted to make robots; many years later, he looped back to this. His artwork often incorporates his own videos of natural places.
www.chriscombs.net
@ccombsdc

Ceci Cole McInturff is a sculptor, member of the Otis Street Arts Project, and founder of the former 87FLORIDA non-profit exhibit and performance space in Washington, D.C.

She holds an MFA in Art and Visual Technology from George Mason University; completed two years of MA/Art and the Book study at the Corcoran College of Art+Design; is a former executive with the CBS Television Network; and mother of two sons.

Her work uses unadorned plant and animal materials, speaking to impermanence and a raw alternative beauty.
Ceci Cole McInturff
@artistcecicolemcinturff

Freight Gallery is an artist-run micro-gallery in a 1925 Hollister Whitney freight elevator in Washington, DC. The space is 75 inches wide, 95 inches high, and 85 inches deep–a perfect container for displaying sculpture, performance, and small installations. Its mission is to create community and provide more opportunities for artists. Thanks in part to the generous support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

www.freightgallery.com
@freightgallerydc

FREIGHT GALLERY
2414 Douglas Street, NE
Washington, DC  20018

There is plenty of on-street parking. Please text (202) 276-5430 if you need parking accommodations. Enter on the side of the building through the loading dock.

*Please note: the exhibition is on view and open to the public for the duration of the 2 hour reception only.