2021
March
documentation by Jodi Darby & Mack McFarland
Congress Yard Projects, run by the dynamic duo of Ariana Jacob and Mack McFarland, has been connecting people to art and art to people in a socially distant outdoor setting since the summer of 2020. At the closing event for hard & SOFT, John Frentress played improvised trombone during the two screenings of Gray Film. Tethered to this one time and place, Gray Film will never screen again.
March 21, 2021
Gray Film is a 16mm film about the rain and gray skies of Portland, Oregon. Shot in one day on black & white 16mm, processed at home with a mixture of chemicals and rain, then allowed to transform further exposed to the elements outdoors at Congress Yard Projects for the duration of the two-month hard & SOFT exhibition.Congress Yard Projects, run by the dynamic duo of Ariana Jacob and Mack McFarland, has been connecting people to art and art to people in a socially distant outdoor setting since the summer of 2020. At the closing event for hard & SOFT, John Frentress played improvised trombone during the two screenings of Gray Film. Tethered to this one time and place, Gray Film will never screen again.