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Grand Ballroom of Doom

By January 4, 2023
In a large comic from the Grand Ballroom of Doom series by Jacob Chris Hammes, two people at a dinner table have a difficult conversation.

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A black and white photo of a well-kept, one-story building with a sign on it announcing “Whitesboro Head Start.” The building is fronted by some ornamental shrubs and a flag pole (no flag). To the left of the photo is a grey box with white letters explaining what the building is.

Wendel White at Swarthmore, RAIR Resident Artists, Main Line Art Center and Roberto Lugo, Tommy Orange and Tailinh Agoyo at the Free Library, plus Philly Photo Day
In a gallery with a concrete floor, two colorful and ephemeral sculptures hang close to each other, by strings and chains attached to the ceiling. The right piece seems figural and the left sculpture seems like a net or bag.

‘Death Card’ rises at Big Ramp (and Information Space) from the ashes of Pilot Projects
A gallery filled with art is the backdrop for a group of people who are pretending to be dead, lying down on the floor. It is 5 AM and they have been there since earlier the previous evening, celebrating and grieving over the end of the gallery.

‘We’re All Here But We’re All Dead’ An Interview with Jacob (Chris) Hammes on Pilot+Projects’s History and Closing
In a large 3-panel comic from the series Grand Ballroom of Doom by Jacob Chris Hammes, a man takes his CPR instructions a little too literally.

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