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Johansson Projects

March 10 - April 24, 2011

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2300 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94612
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Control Room
Johansson Projects presents an installation by Josh Short, where crisis is business as usual. 
The exhibition begins with a deceptive facade of crudely framed screen prints. Upon further investigation, viewers can find a hidden door to the surveillance control room; a cross between a post-apocalyptic survivalist bunker and a lazy police office. As the new commanders of this strange outpost, they are equipped with food, tools, and recreational activities - including a remote controlled video surveillance vehicle and a set of Sopranos DVDs. Confronted with questions about the nature of their own cultural consumption, one might ask themself whether they are in on the joke or are the punchline itself.