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Astral Oil, Global Family



Jonathan Durham and Rindon Johnson

June 30 - August 6

Java Project, 
252 Java Street Brooklyn, NY

Open Sundays 1 - 6pm 
or by appointment (info@sorry.land)

Noon, October 5th, 1950. A reinforced concrete sewer exploded in Greenpoint, blowing manhole covers three stories high, shattering windows, injuring three persons, and ripping open a ten foot section of pavement at the intersection of Manhattan Ave and Huron Street. Gasoline leaking from at least one of the area’s many oil refineries had seeped into the city’s plumbing and ignited. Oil continued to leak for three more decades, until a Coast Guard helicopter flying over Newtown Creek noticed an oil slick flowing out of a bulkhead near Meeker Avenue.

Captain Fleischell: 
                              A benzene rose 
                Wheezing, watery, stretching out 
                Soap-crete, sprawling rainbow, reporting 
                from above 
A wake of worse-than-rot 
Blight, bluntly speaking, poison  

Petro-Chemical Association: 
              No admissions, son. 
              Is it better to be inflicted and convalescing 
              Or sick to death without knowing it? 
              Symptoms? Sediment drag vapors, vacuum enhanced recovery, or 
              swallow down bile at business meetings? 
Astral oil, global family



Astral Oil Global Family Cookbook
Jonathan Durham 
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
PVC, epoxy, vinyl decals, survey chain, oil clay, gold and aluminum leaf
Jonathan Durham
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
Detail
Jonathan Durham
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
Detail
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Kona Brown paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Navajo White paint, Kona Brown paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Kona Brown paint
Jonathan Durham
Down Hole, 2017 
Epoxy, PVC
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint, Navajo White paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Navajo White paint
Jonathan Durham 
Down Hole, 2017, 
infrared and color video, 7:19
Jonathan Durham 
still from Down Hole, 2017
Jonathan Durham 
still from Down Hole, 2017
Jonathan Durham
Down Hole, 2017,
infrared and color video, 7:19
Jonathan Durham
Down Hole, 2017,
infrared and color video, 7:19
Astral Oil Global Family Cookbook
Paint color swatched by Rindon Johnson
No 8 used in exhibition design: 'Native Soil' paint
Opening reception cocktail from the cookbook
Fraudulent Bankruptcy 
gin, grapefruit, and squid ink
with a salty spirulina rim
Broken Glass Surprise Salad
Closing reception talk with Jonathan Durham and Ficus Interfaith

Astral Oil, Global Family



Jonathan Durham and Rindon Johnson

June 30 - August 6

Java Project, 
252 Java Street Brooklyn, NY

Open Sundays 1 - 6pm 
or by appointment (info@sorry.land)

Noon, October 5th, 1950. A reinforced concrete sewer exploded in Greenpoint, blowing manhole covers three stories high, shattering windows, injuring three persons, and ripping open a ten foot section of pavement at the intersection of Manhattan Ave and Huron Street. Gasoline leaking from at least one of the area’s many oil refineries had seeped into the city’s plumbing and ignited. Oil continued to leak for three more decades, until a Coast Guard helicopter flying over Newtown Creek noticed an oil slick flowing out of a bulkhead near Meeker Avenue.

Captain Fleischell: 
                              A benzene rose 
                Wheezing, watery, stretching out 
                Soap-crete, sprawling rainbow, reporting 
                from above 
A wake of worse-than-rot 
Blight, bluntly speaking, poison  

Petro-Chemical Association: 
              No admissions, son. 
              Is it better to be inflicted and convalescing 
              Or sick to death without knowing it? 
              Symptoms? Sediment drag vapors, vacuum enhanced recovery, or 
              swallow down bile at business meetings? 
Astral oil, global family



Astral Oil Global Family Cookbook
Jonathan Durham 
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
PVC, epoxy, vinyl decals, survey chain, oil clay, gold and aluminum leaf
Jonathan Durham
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
Detail
Jonathan Durham
Don't Die (drill baby drill), 2017
Detail
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Kona Brown paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Navajo White paint, Kona Brown paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Kona Brown paint
Jonathan Durham
Down Hole, 2017 
Epoxy, PVC
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint, Navajo White paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Colonial Red paint
Rindon Johnson
Untitled (P Much)
Hydrocal, Cement, Navajo White paint
Jonathan Durham 
Down Hole, 2017, 
infrared and color video, 7:19
Jonathan Durham 
still from Down Hole, 2017
Jonathan Durham 
still from Down Hole, 2017
Jonathan Durham
Down Hole, 2017,
infrared and color video, 7:19
Astral Oil Global Family Cookbook
Paint color swatched by Rindon Johnson
No 8 used in exhibition design: 'Native Soil' paint
Opening reception cocktail from the cookbook
Fraudulent Bankruptcy 
gin, grapefruit, and squid ink
with a salty spirulina rim
Broken Glass Surprise Salad
Closing reception talk with Jonathan Durham and Ficus Interfaith