American Exceptionalism

American Exceptionalism explores the relationships we hold with objects and our perceived ownership of space. The American propensity to lay claim to the environment and all that it contains hearkens back to the conception and fulfillment of Manifest Destiny, leading to a modernized need for total control over the natural environment. The installation of sod within Residence SF is an invitation for the audience to meditate on their relationship with space and leave their own physical imprint upon it, with no supposition of intent. As the commoditization of objects and experiences propagate our peripheral consciousness let's step back and consider the origin of the object and the ownership we infer by categorizing it as such.

r/SF will be open for viewing:
4/20: 2-7pm *and join us for Comic Liberation @ 9pm!*
4/21: 2-7pm
4/22: 2-8pm *Closing party 8-10pm!*

Bio
Ben Hoffman is a Bay Area artist working within conceptual frameworks concerning the use of space and habitation. His artistic background began in documentary photography and his current photographic projects in San Francisco incorporate documentation as a foundation for discovering commonality within the urban experience. Hoffman's art opens a dialogue on contemporary Americana and looks to explore the complex interactions and relationships contained within.