Can’t tell you what it means, but Rererato (5315 NE 42nd) is Portland’s newest art space in a former Hare Krishna Temple. Didn’t take more than a minute for New Jersey transplants Adam Keller and Stephanie Simek to fire up their live-in workspace with their first group show “Welcome into the Fold” with work by Tim Karpinski, Emily Katz, Jason Levins, Alyson Provax (recent PNCA grad whose cool construction is pictured above), Seth Neefus and Alisha Wessler. You can still see the show today and Tuesday from 11-6, or by appointment.
For context, Keller and Simek are Baby Bird. “…we packed our bags and moved to Portland to see what we could do here”, says Keller. As for the word, “rererato,” they say it’s, “a word we have been working on for quite some time now, and its meaning is still evolving.” It apparently is an element of a video they’re working on. Coy. But we love a good neologism as much as the next guy. And more than that, we love that Portland attracts, from thousands of miles away, the kind of artists who open art spaces in Hare Krishna Temples and make up words.
Rererato is inviting submissions of proposals from artists, curators, musicians, and experimental thinkers, especially for site-specific work. So get busy.