FotoFest 2016 Biennial: In The Wake

Houston Center for Photography (HCP) presents the group exhibition In The Wake. Exhibition Dates: March 4–May 8, 2016. Opening Reception: Friday, March 4 from 5:30-8:00pm. In conjunction with the FotoFest 2016 Biennial.

Water is essential to life on Earth. It has shaped the continents, our bodies, and our cultures. And, water is constantly changing the landscape and our interaction with it—of course, water is not doing this alone. Modern society has greatly impacted the balance of water and the natural course the Earth would have taken without human interaction. Cities flood, temperatures rise, and rivers run dry around the world.

In the Wake explores not only the delicate balance of our impact on water but also our attempts to remediate our actions and recover what is lost.

Through multiple forms of photography, from aerial photographs, to video, to photo sculptures, to LED-generated imagery that responds to participants around the globe, In the Wake presents the various ways in which our relationship to water shifts and the resulting change in our understanding of the human impact on the resource.

Exhibiting Artists:
Daniel Beltrá (Seattle, WA)
Bigert & Bergström (Stockholm, Sweden)
Caleb Cain Marcus (New York, NY)
Leah Dyjak (Austin, TX)
Lori Hepner (Pittsburgh, PA)
Constance Hockaday (Oakland, CA)
Anaïs Tondeur and Jean-Marc Chomaz (Paris, France)
Ian van Coller (Bozeman, MT)

Pictured above: Daniel Beltra (Seattle,WA), Oil Spill #8, From the series Spill, 40 x 60 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Catherine Edelman Gallery.