52 Weeks is the collaborative effort of local Seattle artists Jason Andrew McHenry and Christopher Dyer. The project was a yearlong visual diary and journal presented in weekly increments.  Each artist presented fifty-two boxes, for a total of one-hundred and four separate pieces.

The visual entries center around pre-existing, 4x6x2 inch shadow boxes. Found objects, ephemera, and original art are collected and manipulated over the week’s time to create distinct and personal assemblages. 

Accompanying these visual entries are written journals specific to each artist.  The written journals predominantly contain explicit documentation of the box contents, but also include writings and notations of a more introspective and creative nature.
 

About the Artists :: 
The friendship between 52 Weeks creators spans more than a decade, and their collaborative efforts have produced numerous gallery showings in Saint Louis, Denver, and Los Angeles. This is their first production since relocating to Seattle in 2000 and 2002, respectively.

Some of our most popular concerns include:

52 Weeks :: A yearlong visual journal in fifty-two entries.
Jean-Michel Basquiat :: A SAMO© resource.
Calvert in Cambodia :: Dispatches from abroad.
Toy + Plastic Cameras :: Lomo, Diana, Holga, et cetera.
Burning Man :: Images + publications from the playa.

These sections are equally fascinating yet underdeveloped:
J.D. Salinger :: American author.
Lomography :: And other toy cameras. Diana, Holga, et cetera.
Joseph Cornell :: American Surrealist.
Hooray for Pi :: 3.144159265358979323846264338327, et cetera.
Frequently Asked Questions :: A small explanation.
Howard Finster :: A Man of Visions. 
Holy Mackerel Press :: Small poetry press. Books as art.
K. Richardson :: Intuitive outsider art.
Sue Coe :: Art that stings like a slap in the face from a big meaty hand.
Prisoner Art :: The ultimate outsider art. From inside the joint.
The God Files :: Formerly a game-show host of some note. Now God.
St. James the Janitor :: Early outsider artist. Another Genius Janitor.

Some areas that probably do not function properly or don't even really exist yet include:
Lists of Lists :: Covering nearly all of the Arts and Sciences.
Test + Quizzes :: Of great social, emotional, and theological importance.
Keith Haring :: Graffiti artist + Painter.
Candy Jernigan :: American Artist.
Henry Darger :: Yet another lonely janitor/artistic genius.
The Unabom Files :: Including Manifesto and other craziness.
The Starlite Letters :: A Prison correspondence.
Wendell Joseph :: Madman cartoonist and conspiracy theorist.
Dr. Martin McGovern :: American poet.
Fibonacci 500 :: Fibonacci sequence to five-hundred with factorization.
Richard P. Feynman :: Physics is Fun!
Alphabet :: Various interpretations on this modern classic.
Teeny Books :: Miniature Book Library.
Dog Head Stew :: Print portfolio.
Bastard Haiku :: A shameful and shameless trampling of a perfect form.

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