The Stranger Suggests
Art
'This Is the Worst Trip I've Ever Been On'
Best friends Anne Mathern and Chad Wentzel have created a wistful, simple show about themselves—that is, disjointed urban creatures reaching toward each other—and home. Wentzel and his sister, Seattle natives, perform the Catholic "Dona Nobis Pacem" hymn they were taught as kids, this time over a speaker phone (him at home in New York, her at home in Alaska). Other works are absurdly, touchingly intimate: Mathern's pelt in the shape of Wentzel's chest hair, her laborious video performance of Wentzel's intricate, improvised dance moves. (Crawl Space Gallery, 504 E Denny Way, 201-2441. Noon–5 pm, free. Through Nov 16.) JEN GRAVES
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