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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

May 5 - August 30, 2009

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360 Kansas Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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Arabella Campbell, Carolina Caycedo, Mateo Lopez, Adriana Lara, Wilfredo Pietro, Gitte Schäfer, Zachary Royer Scholz, Mark Soo, Jan Timme STOWAWAYS by Jens Hoffmann Stowaways presents itself as an exhibition within an exhibition, adding another layer to the form and structure of The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers, which in itself is a variation and creative restructuring of the specific format developed for the exhibition Passengers. Launched in September 2007 as a hybrid of solo and group exhibitions of emerging international artists, Passengers aimed to overcome the often-restrictive programming schedule of a typical art institution by implementing a format for an exhibition that was forcing continuous change and transformation. At the beginning of each month, one of the artists from the group portion of the show moved into a central space to present a month long solo show at the end of which he or she left the exhibition completely and a brand-new artist entered the group show, thus constantly repopulating the display. Beginning in September 2008, The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers follows largely the same format as Passengers but discontinues the monthly addition of a new artist. This allows for the center space to expand, thus putting more emphasis on the solo presentation. The exhibition will eventually reach an endpoint, a solo show of the remaining single artist in August 2009, who will have the whole gallery to himself or so it seems.