Cody Arnall and J. Eric Simpson: What Can We Make When We Can’t Make War?
January 15 - 28, 2020
Artist talk: January 23, 7pm

Cody Arnall and J. Eric Simpson exhibit their recent collaborative project Isolated State at CO-OPt : Research and Projects, with an artist talk on January 23, 2020. The installation, which takes the form of a corn-distributing deer feeder, explores the effects of industrial agriculture—its herbicide runoff, water irrigation, and physical encroachment—on playa lake ecosystems in the South Plains. Isolated State is accompanied by two other works: Granddad’s Gimmie-Caps by Simpson, and Don’t Know About You but I’m Not Going Down With the Ship by Arnall. Titled What Can We Make When We Can’t Make War?, the summation of the exhibition is haunting. It digs up the implications of the past and grapples with the fallout of the present—revealing the self-destructive tendencies in human behavior. Please join us for a conversation with Arnall and Simpson moderated by Natalie Hegert on January 23 at 7pm.

This exhibition is the first in a series of short-term installations and exhibitions revolving around the theme of “Land” presented from January to March 2020 at CO-OPt Research + Projects. Further announcements about openings and other programming are forthcoming, but a tentative schedule is as follows:

Jan – What Can We Make When We Can’t Make War?, a collaborative exhibition by J. Eric Simpson and Cody Arnall
Jan – Feb – Tumbleweed Rodeo, an installation by Sarah Aziz and Jack Craft
Feb – Mar – Everything Is Collective
Mar – The True/False Suite, or, Ruse de Guerre, video, performance and installation by Caroline Doherty