We work with the "things we do," the social customs and cultural idioms – from the public and institutionalized to the idiosyncratic and unconscious – that connect each of us to the social sphere. From "focus groups" to "real estate walk through videos" to insidiously casual "bigoted speech," we appropriate such "things we do" and incorporate them into video and performance pieces, to create situations in which the audience has an opportunity to re-examine their role in the ever-evolving social narrative.
By turns playful and confrontational, we challenge and revel in the relationship we each have with the social sphere, a relationship that sees each of us shaping our culture while also being shaped by culture.
JEFF&GORDON is Jeff Foye and Gordon Winiemko.
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2009 | The Hoff Foundation, Quarterly Artist Grant |
EXHIBITIONS [ * solo]
| 2011 | D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA, “Open Document” |
| Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “TBA: A Group Video Exhibition in 7 Parts” | |
| Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA, “Video Showcase” | |
| Monorchid, Phoenix, AZ, and D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA, “S.O.S.” | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, “Shadowshop” | |
| Sixpack Projects, Long Beach, CA, “BETA RELEASE” | |
| Trajector Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium | |
| * UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, “Play Against" | |
| 2010 | Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, “To Live and Draw in LA” |
| * HAUS, Pasadena, CA, “JEFF&GORDON” | |
| Irvine Valley College, Irvine CA, “Home” | |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, “The OsCene 2010” | |
| 2009 | Arts Council for Long Beach, CA, “Long Beach Exposed” |
| Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA, “What’s Wrong with Relational Aesthetics?” | |
| 2008 | Kim Abeles Studio, LA Dept of Cultural Affairs, Pasadena Armory, “Campaign Trail” |
| Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA, “The Audacity of Desperation” | |
| Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA | |
| 2007 | Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2011 | Juxtapoz, “BETA RELEASE” review by Amy Duran |
| Long Beach Gazette, “Long Beach Gallery Shows Process,” by Jonathan Van Dyke | |
| 2010 | Flavorpill Los Angeles, “JEFF&GORDON” review by Heather Jeno Silva |
| The Long Beach District Weekly, “JEFF&GORDON” preview by Ellen Griley | |
| 2008 | KCET: Visiting ... With Huell Howser, “SoundWalk,” by Huell Howser |