{"id":1477,"date":"2021-08-23T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/aardwolf\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:49:19","slug":"words-to-that-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/aardwolf\/2021\/08\/23\/words-to-that-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Words To That Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hannah Bakken <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>8\/23\/2021 &#8211; 1\/5\/2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dengerink Gallery, VDEN Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1.jpg\" alt=\"Bakken's work in gallery space\" class=\"wp-image-1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/wordsz_1-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect.jpg\" alt=\"2D artworks\" class=\"wp-image-1483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken_Words_to_that_Effect-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Bakken&#8217;s original intention for this project is to be an art interruption for the usual experience of her home area in eastern Oregon. State law requires no trespassing signs to be no smaller than 8 inches in height and 11 inches in width, and to contain the words \u201cClosed to Entry\u201d or words to that effect. Adhering to sign standards, these prints mimic signs of land ownership and control but extend invitations in place of exclusion. They send invitations for self-regard and accumulatively draws attention to the fence as an enabler of settler colonization, attention to the illusion of land ownership and attention to the history of the American West as a constructed entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1.jpg\" alt=\"2D artwork - many signs with black text.\" class=\"wp-image-1484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2495\/2022\/01\/Bakken1-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bakken&nbsp;hails from Malheur County, Ore. Her work combines printed media with performance, sculpture and installation to explore identity, the body, landscape and place.&nbsp;Her works comment on land use in the United States and how the historical and contemporary narratives of the American West intersect with constructions of identity, economies, nationhood and the environment. Bakken lives and works as a studio assistant, gallery coordinator, business owner and bike courier in Portland, Ore.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Bakken 8\/23\/2021 &#8211; 1\/5\/2022 Dengerink Gallery, VDEN Building Hannah Bakken&#8217;s original intention for this project is to be an art interruption for the usual experience of her home area in eastern Oregon. 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