Faculty at the Faulconer

Breach 

Assistant professor of art Andrew Kaufman’s Breach was an installation of 10 small, disassembled television monitors that make and remake drawings in an endless loop. “Through observations of social catastrophes and lived personal experiences, my understanding of containment has broadened to also encompass ideas of breach and contamination,” Kaufman says. “Growing up under the uncertainty of AIDS, and now living in a new age of fear, terrorism, and natural disaster while maintaining the requisite comfortable consumer American life is a constant influence on the development of my work.” As disease and disaster breach our comfortable existence, Kaufman’s work spurs us to re-examine how we test our limits — and if we want to.

we’re all in this together

Assistant professor of theatre Craig Quintero collaborated with artists from Grinnell, University of Iowa, and Taiwan to develop we’re all in this together. The exhibit encouraged visitors to both see art and be art by creating and photographing stage images with props, costumes, and lights in the surreal installation space. Visitors could upload the resulting photos to the Faulconer Gallery computer. Each day, Quintero selected one image to print and frame, providing visitors with an opportunity to add their creative voices to this growing exhibition. In addition, the Grinnell College Department of Theatre and Dance staged two performances in the exhibit space.