How much do I owe you?An exhibition by No Longer Empty

Artists who make work from collected materials

Colleen Ford

Saving For Our Future (2012)Handblown glass and lottery tickets

Colleen Ford

Saving For Our Future (2012)Handblown glass and lottery tickets

Colleen Ford

Saving For Our Future (2012)Handblown glass and lottery tickets

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Colleen Ford

Saving For Our Future (2012)Handblown glass and lottery tickets

“The piece is reflective of the behavior to spend money on something that has little or no return value and which may in fact further complicate our lives. The piggy bank, a classic symbol for 'savings' during youth, prepared us in understanding the value of saving for the future. "Saving For Our Futures" is a piece that sheds some insight on the illness of aspiration, hope, and blind luck while providing the opportunity to laugh at the absurdities of our weaknesses. ”

Colleen Ford

Saving For Our Future (2012)Handblown glass and lottery tickets

Colleen Ford

Glitter Ball (2012)Bingo ball cage filled with silver glittered bingo balls

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Ghost of a dreamThe Price of Happiness (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and afterworld money on panel with UV coat

Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamThe Price of Happiness (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and afterworld money on panel with UV coat

Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamThe Price of Happiness (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and afterworld money on panel with UV coat

Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamThe Price of Happiness (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and afterworld money on panel with UV coat

Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamDream Ride 5, 6, 7 (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and from China and the USA, wood, fiberglass.Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamDream Ride 5, 6, 7 (2011)Discarded Lottery tickets and from China and the USA, wood, fiberglass.Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Ghost of a dreamLauren Was and Adam Eckstrom

Sol aramendi

Dark Treasure (2012)Existing vault shelving, vinyl records, oxygen masks, corn, lavender, LED lighting

The original space…

Sol aramendi

Dark Treasure (2012)Existing vault shelving, vinyl records, oxygen masks, corn, lavender, LED lighting

Sol aramendi

Dark Treasure (2012)Existing vault shelving, vinyl records, oxygen masks, corn, lavender, LED lighting

Video component…

Sol aramendi

Dark Treasure (2012)Existing vault shelving, vinyl records, oxygen masks, corn, lavender, LED lighting

Sol aramendiDancing with Myself

Sol aramendiLove Hurts

Sol Aramendi http://vimeo.com/26727919

“I choose to look through the lens in order to see. The

language of photography helps me

understand how I position myself in the

world, where I’ve come from and where

I might go next….…I went from

taking, to making pictures.”

Sol aramendiWelcome to My Hood(2011)

Sol aramendi

Dark Treasure (2012)Existing vault shelving, vinyl records, oxygen masks, corn, lavender, LED lighting

Paulette PhillipsAs Could Be (2009)

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