#environmentalimpactstatement

Eight Mile Before

As a curator-in-residence at Surplus, the Environmental Impact Statement collective will take the opportunity to engage the local community with the work of EIS artists and their concerns with land use, threatened wild places, Pacific Northwest aesthetics, and Oregon public land use practices. EIS will hold events throughout the course of the exhibit that engage the public.  These events will include readings of EIS' writers' work, performances, and discussions.   EIS's focus on community and sustainability creates an exciting partnership with Surplus Space's neighborhood base.  To be a good neighbor is to be aware of one’s place in the world.  A good neighbor has an awareness and respect to the shared spaces they inhabit.  Such as, their immediate surroundings where they live, the larger area that exists near by, and radiating outward.  Being a good neighbor is a willingness to knowing where you live, its history, the people, and their stories. EIS acts as a good neighbor by providing space to make our community more aware of the threats to the surrounding wild places in their larger neighborhood, such as the Mt. Hood National Forest.

Eight Mile After