Trey
Hock
and
Brent
Jackson
Roeland Park, KS
An assistant professor of Filmmaking and Creative Writing at the Kansas City Art Institute, Trey Hock explores narrative through short film, writing, installation, photography, performance and web-based social media platforms. His work investigates physical and social constructions that surround us, including narrative storytelling, the photographic frame, public and private space, and personal identity. Hock is collaborating with writer Brent Jackson to explore the taxonomy of the recently decommissioned Blue River Road.
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Lakeside Nature Center
Viewing Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Trey Hock and Brent Jackson
Blue River Road Investigators
Medium: Polaroids, Found Objects, Paper, Photos, and Ephemera
One does not need to be an archaeologist or natural scientist to pinpoint nearby areas of recent human settlement and habitation that, once abandoned, revert slowly but inevitably to what we like to label a ‘natural’ state. Although Kansas City’s Blue River Road is not quite an example of such a radical shift in functional identity, because of a combination of natural factors that closed the road to through traffic in 2011, its current status is as two smaller, foreshortened roads that service a few local points before terminating abruptly at large roadblocks. This has created not only a series of unintended ‘liminal' zones, but also new and more refined hiking and biking trails, laid out to capitalize on the likelihood that the pre-2011 Blue River Road will never return. The adaptive ecosystem brought about by the road’s extended closure has in turn attracted the attention of local artists and writers Trey Hock and Brent Jackson, both of whom explore various forms of narrative across a broad range of creative media. In recent months, Hock and Jackson have adhered to a research plan that has brought them back repeatedly to Blue River Road to observe and report on the changes in the natural landscape as well as the social networks that emerge over time when a roadway that once served hundreds — if not thousands — of trucks and automobiles per day now sees none at all. While investigating how the various physical and social conditions that surround Blue River Road have ended up defining how such public and private spaces are utilized (or avoided) by the rest of us, the artists have also established a working protocol for assisting both accompanied and unaccompanied groups to this new and uncharted place where Blue River Road used to run.
Lakeside Nature Center
Viewing Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
September 1st | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
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September 8th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
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September 15th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
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September 20th | 06:00 pm
4415 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64111
The Blue River Road Investigators, Trey Hock and Brent Jackson, will be giving updates on the observable changes that take place along the road throughout the exhibit. Writer and Essayist, Colin Rafferty, will be the featured guest.
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Epperson Auditorium at the Kansas City Art Institute
September 22nd | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
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September 29th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
Click here to learn more
October 4th | 06:00 pm
4415 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64111
The Blue River Road Investigators, Trey Hock and Brent Jackson, will be giving updates on the observable changes that take place along the road throughout the exhibition. Director of the Lakeside Nature Center, Kimberley Hess, will be the featured guest.
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Epperson Auditorium at the Kansas City Art Institute
October 6th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
Click here to learn more
October 13th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
Click here to learn more
October 18th | 06:00 pm
4415 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64111
The Blue River Road Investigators, Trey Hock and Brent Jackson, will be giving updates on the observable changes that take place along the road throughout the exhibition. The Blue River Society will be the featured guest.
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Epperson Auditorium at the Kansas City Art Institute
October 20th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
Click here to learn more
October 27th | 04:00 pm
9800 Blue River Road Kansas City, MO 64131
Guided tour of Blue River Road Annex, a 0.7 mile stretch of Blue River Road that has been closed to motor vehicle traffic since 2011.
Click here to learn more
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