Rot/Repair
Organized by Cassandra Marketos and Probably Gallery
With works by Lynn Fang, Cassandra Marketos, Julia Paull, Heather Rasmussen, Heidi Ross and Nina Weithorn
April 5 — May 10, 2025
Probably Gallery is pleased to present Rot/Repair, an exhibition and a series of workshops organized by Cassandra Marketos and Probably Gallery.
This exhibition explores the radical potential of decay. Organic matter, as it breaks down, is a transformative force for healing, change, and growth; a regenerative force that can simultaneously repair the earth and the people who depend on it, while catalyzing new life in all its forms.
Rot/Repair challenges our perception of decay as something to be feared or discarded, instead revealing it as nature's most sophisticated system of renewal, a powerful metaphor for how collapse often contains the very elements needed for regeneration and repair.
The works of Lynn Fang, Julia Paull, Heather Rasmussen, and Nina Weithorn will be presented in gallery in relation to active rot and productive decay. A massive work, produced by Marketos titled FREE COMPOST will be presented in the center of the gallery and visitors will be encouraged to bring a portion of the work home.
In addition to the artworks and the composting organic material we will host a series of workshops that are open to the public. Lynn Fang will host a discussion on soil contamination and repair. Natural bioremediation techniques will be discussed which directly address the effects of the recent tragic wildfires in Los Angeles. Landscape architect Nina Weithorn will give a presentation a case study of community soil repair in Allensworth, CA and Heidi Ross will present a compost "listening" session alongside a tasting of simple preparation of food grown from Cassandra Marketos’s garden.
Lynn Fang has over 10 years of experience in ecological landscape design, soil science, community composting, and regenerative farming. She centers on soil health as the foundation of thriving and abundant gardens. Her teaching and community work include partnerships with LA Compost, Integrative Development Initiative, CalRecycle Community Composting for Green Spaces, Cal Poly Pomona, and Pitzer College.
Cassandra Marketos is a Los Angeles-based compost artist, writer, and community volunteer. She works in her neighborhood to divert food waste from landfills, build and maintain composts with neighbors, and educate students on decay. She frequently reflects on how rot is essential to life.
Julia Paull is an artist concerned with physical manifestations of the human condition as experienced bodily and psychologically. Her photographs examine the processes of growth and death in flora and fauna including the mating of critically endangered species and plants that serve as food sources for a variety of species. Her more abstract works represent rational and intuitive descriptions of existence that reflect circumstances – social, psychological, and physiological. Julia Paull received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and is a Professor of Teaching and Chair of 4D at the University of Southern California Roski School of Art and Design.
Heather Rasmussen choreographs scenes resulting in photographs, sculptures and videos using her own body, plaster casts of her legs and feet, oddly shaped vegetables, mirrors, and a collection of possessions that are loaded with personal and historical meaning. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions worldwide, with recent inclusions at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, IL and The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. Rasmussen was awarded a Dora Maar Fellowship for 2025. Rasmussen’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Heidi Ross is a chef and multidisciplinary artist who uses food and sound in performance to explore sentience, interspecies connections, and future ecologies.
Nina Weithorn is a landscape architect with a background in agriculture and environmental science. Her work focuses on soil remediation, agriculture, waste cycles, community engagement, and critical cartography.
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