Press Release:

Adam Janes | Carpenter's carpenter (plan your escape)
June 3 - July 4
Installation June 3-June18
Opening Reception, June 19, 7-9pm

WPA is please to announce a new show by Adam Janes. Carpenter's carpenter (plan your escape) is a short film, soundtrack, and installation loosely based on the work of cult movie writer, director, and composer John Carpenter. Though "plan your escape" was taken from the advertising campaign of Carpenter's "Escape From L.A.", most of the project steals its rough structure from Carpenter's first major release "Assault on Precinct 13" which was released the year of the artist's birth, 1976. "Assault on Precinct 13" is an updated version of Howard Hawk's "Rio Grande" in which a lone sheriff holds off an entire gang of ruthless villains with a small band of talented gunslingers and crooners. "Rio Grande" is said to be a allegory for blacklisting in Hollywood, as well as a critique of McCarthyism. For the project at the WPA, a window will be added to the gallery. The artist's short film and soundtrack will be made from the installation process. Carpenter was chosen as the model for the project not only because of his low budget, do-it-yourself simplicity but his relentless obsession with "remakes" and odd pop-cultural cross breeding.

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Saturday or by appointment.