Building Five

Join us tonight at Building5 in NWMarine Artworks for Kiel Fletcher’s Audio performance at 6pm!

The work asks not simply what is being perceived, but how perception forms under conditions of mediation, overload, and technological familiarity. My current trajectory extends these concerns into non-representational approaches to landscape and place, treating sensory data (generative sound and visuals) as a form of portraiture.

This residency is funded in is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Office of Arts & Culture

Building5
2516 NW 29th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
United States

You should see this!

Untitled (time) is a cosmic, time-bending experience.

Spend a little time staring into Kiel Fletcher’s images, and you will experience time-bending optical illusions. Get close. The more you look deeply at the transparent layers in these prints, the more colors appear. The work looks like glass and the feeling of depth it creates causes a wild dissonance with the flatness of the prints and the wall they hang on.

You can get lost in Fletcher’s sound and video work. The videos suggest images of water and sky, but in a way that stays soft and out of focus. It is hypnotic, meditative, and induces an inward focus. Similarly, the audio work lets multiple sounds mingle, giving us a place to experience that has no solid landmarks. Stay in that lucid space to experience time fall away.

B5’s Artist in Residence program is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access

Join us for the opening of Untitled (time)
6:00pm tonight! With Artist in Residence Kiel Fletcher.

Building 5

🎧 Opening Reception for Kiel Fletcher 🎧
Join us tonight, September 12, at 6:00 PM for the opening reception of Kiel Fletcher’s exhibition at Building Five!
Kiel’s work explores perception, memory, and the ways technology shapes how we experience the world.
Blending painterly aesthetics with digital processes, the work invites us to slow down, look again, and question what we see and how we see it.
Come experience the work, meet the artist, and spend an evening engaging with a landscape that is both recognizable and continually transforming.
We hope to see you there! 🎨
This residency is funded in is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Office of Arts & Culture
Building5
2516 NW 29th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
United States

UNTITLED (TIME) 
Kiel Fletcher | September
Join us at Building Five for Untitled (Time), an immersive exhibition by artist Kiel Fletcher exploring perception, memory, technology, sound, and our ever-changing relationship with place.
Using visuals and sound, Fletcher creates abstract landscapes inspired by the vegetation and natural materials of the Cascades. Through layers of color, shape, and evolving audio, the work invites viewers to slow down, revisit, and experience the artwork differently each time.
📅 Opening Reception and Artist Talk: September 12 at 6:00 PM
🔊 Audio Performance: September 19 6:00 PM
This residency is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Office of Arts & Culture.

Come see Michael Reinsch for his closing reception on August 29th at 3pm!
Michael will wear a used whiskey barrel with cut out for head, and arm holes, while he performs a poem on the fly celebrating the over abundance of alcohol. Advertising, personal stories of great times, as well as the struggles of substance abuse and tragedies of lives lost.
Building5
2516 NW 29th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
United States

🍠 Join us this August at Building Five for a series of thought-provoking performances by artist Michael Reinsch, where poetry, installation, and performance converge to explore themes of labor, growth, excess, and human experience.
📅 August 8 | 3:00 PM
Fake Potato
A raised garden bed will be planted with fake potatoes as Reinsch composes a poem on the fly about laziness.
📅 August 15 | 8:00 PM (timed with the 8:17 PM sunset)
A Plant Will Tend to Grow in the Direction of Light
Drawing from The Audacity of Hope, Reinsch will perform an improvised poem while planting 24 illuminated flashlights in a grow box, leaving them to slowly fade.
📅 August 22 | 5:00–8:00 PM
Public Drunkenness
Wearing a reclaimed whiskey barrel, Reinsch presents a live improvised poem reflecting on alcohol culture, advertising, personal memories, addiction, and loss.
📅 August 29 | 3:00 PM
Public Drunkenness & Closing Reception
Join us for the exhibition’s closing reception as Reinsch reprises Public Drunkenness in a final performance.
We invite you to experience these unique works as they unfold in real time. All events take place at Building Five in NW Marine Artworks and are free to attend, donations are always encouraged!
Building Five is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.
Building5
2516 NW 29th Ave
Portland, OR 97210
United States