Seed , 2009; mixed-media. James Sansing spent four months in residence at SF Recycling & Disposal, creating three different series of wall pieces using only what he could find on site. Intricate and evocative, the first set--each about two feet square--are small-scale assemblages that suggest traumatized urban landscapes: foreclosed properties in varying states of neglect, or the stripped and decaying structures found in the wake of a hurricane. Sansing said the driving force behind his selections for this series were objects in a range of subdued green, gray, and red hues, which he combined with the frames from dismantled... Read More

SF Recycling and Disposal, aka the Dump, is an unlikely and in some ways ideal situation for an artist residency. The program was created as a way to highlight creative re-use of discarded objects and to raise public awareness of conservation and recycling. The Dump residency provides artists with a stipend and full-time access to a studio and the enormous Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center, from which they can remove anything they find. The residency culminates in a show lasting only two days--which is unfortunate when you can't make the trip out in time, but makes each show feel... Read More