grid + flow

Jackson Art Center

3050 R St, NW

Washington, DC 20007

July 26, 2025

In this site specific response to the Jackson Art Center, Elizabeth Casqueiro weaves film, sound, and painting into a layered reflection on a polarized America.

The exhibition consists of a short film “Crossrepeat”; an audio collaboration “Citimusak”; and six double-faced panels representing societal perspectives (side A) and the artist’s own emotional response (side B).

The exhibition catalogue can be viewed at:

https://www.flipsnack.com/F9CBFFD6AED/gridflow-catalogue-6x10-pdf-hiytsq095e/full-view.html

FILM

click below to see 5-minute film

Crossrepeat

Crossrepeat is a five-minute film, which recognizes that both the unruliness of life and the systems to regulate that unruliness exist in tenuous balance. Navigation of this balance creates both confusion and comfort: confusion upon exiting the regimented system of public transportation, and comfort in the recognition of a system and the existence of tools to navigate the chaos of the city/life.

Collaborator:

George Gordon.

SOUNDSCAPE

click below to hear 3 minute compilation

Citimusak influses the exhibition space with sounds of the city, reinforcing the idea that the city’s grid and flow are a metaphor for life and an inspiration for the exhibition.

Over a period of several months, four sound artists recorded their aural impressions of Washington DC, using their cellular phones.   The audio clips were lightly edited into four separate ten-minute sequences.

Collaborators:

Frank Day, Kristin Durfee, Sandra Pires, and Joan Rogliano.

PANELS

Six panels, two sides each. Side A represents societal perspectives. Side B is the artist’s own emotional response. Size and material details under “paintings” on this website.

The panels below depict: Pentagon Side A; Pentagon Side B; Library of Congress Side A. Library of Congress Side B. Dulles Airport Side A. Dulles Airport Side B. Supreme Court Side A. Supreme Court Side B. National Shrine Side A. National Shrine Side B. African-American Museum Side A. African-American Museum Side B.