Author: Matt Jay

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Sep 22, 2018

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Last month End of Summer completed its third year of programming, hosting a new group of contemporary artists from Japan at Yale Union in Portland, Oregon. Since 2016, the Imprint Culture Lab supported program has sought to cultivate cross-cultural connections between the U.S. and Japan through its annual residency program and lecture series. Outside of this...

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Oct 10, 2016

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In August 2016, End of Summer successfully welcomed seven Japanese artists to Portland, held three public art lectures by esteemed international scholars, conducted numerous group visits to artists studios, exhibitions, historical sites and cultural centers, organized one open studio event, and held one group roundtable discussion. It was the first iteration of the annual program,...

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Apr 15, 2016

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"People capable of love, under the present system, are necessarily the exceptions; love is by necessity a marginal phenomenon in present-day Western society. Not so much because many occupations would not permit of a loving attitude, but because the spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself successfully...

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Mar 18, 2016

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  It is with great pleasure that I share the announcement of a very special project developed and produced with Imprint Culture Lab. In the Fall of 2014, Julia Huang and I met in Portland, Oregon to discuss the seed of an idea that would take shape through close collaboration over the next year and a...

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Mar 14, 2016

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If you have ever perused the shelves at New York's preeminent photography bookstore, Dashwood Books, then you have likely already had the pleasure of engaging in spirited conversation with Miwa Susuda. As photobook consultant at Dashwood for the past ten years, Miwa is as widely respected as she is known for both her knowledge and contributions...

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Nov 30, 2015

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On a Wednesday evening, in a classroom at the School of Visual Arts in New York, someone is there that shouldn't be. Lucien Ng took all necessary steps to follow procedure, requesting school administration for permission to utilize one of their classrooms as a temporary exhibition space, but he was denied. Why? At any given time...

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May 11, 2015

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Four or five years ago I began noticing a series of small books, distinctly printed using everyday file folders for their covers, popping up around both Portland and New York. They were uniform in design, but diverse in content, ranging from novels to poetry to artist projects. I often found them in bookstores sitting humbly amongst ostentatious art...