Tara Youngborg | not a town but a landing page
January 23 – March 20, 2026
Appointments recommended: call 206-634-0919 or email jsp@jackstraw.org.
Opening reception: Friday, January 23, 7pm
In person at Jack Straw Cultural Center
Artist Talk: Friday, March 20, 7pm
In person at Jack Straw and streaming live on YouTube and Facebook
Youth and Family Workshop: Saturday, March 21, 2pm
E-mail education@jackstraw.org for more information
The New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad (NCFRR) was one of the first railroads in the United States. The railroad only operated for 28 years; as newer, more direct railways were built, the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad was abandoned, and then without a commercial artery, the town of Frenchtown was also deserted. This obsolescence of the railroad and town is analogous to digital technological loss in its root in the movement of capital and technological change. In this exhibition, Youngborg engages with the archive in conjunction with contemporary data to try and recreate a ghost without its community. Through glitch, loss, and layering, the sound and video installation questions the role of data, archives, and recreation in understanding place, loss and memory.
Artists
Tara Youngborg
Tara Youngborg is a Maryland-based artist, educator, curator, and arts administrator. She has a B.A. in Art and Art History from St Mary’s College of Maryland and…
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