“Sound the Alarm” at Wave Hill
Apr 18th, 2008 by Jervey
{Route 61, Centralia, PA, 2003 by Travis Roozée}
Been meaning to write about this for awhile now. Wave Hill has what looks like a pretty awesome photography exhibit called “Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress.” In their words:
Sound the Alarm: Landscapes in Distress calls attention to the indelible impact of human activity on the environment from the Arctic to the Equator. The featured artists in this exhibition have traveled widely to examine the fragility of varied landscapes. Edward Burtynsky’s photographs of rock quarries in Vermont focus on the industrial transformation of the landscape. On the West Coast, Sasha Bezzubov has photographed the effects of California wildfires. Gilles Mingasson draws attention to residents of Shishmaref, possibly the first people displaced by global warming, while Joan Perlman’s paintings are derived from her observation of melting glaciers in Iceland. Wout Berger turns his attention to reclaimed areas in Ruigoord, a small village near Amsterdam. Susannah Sayler captures the beauty of Costa Rican Cloud Forests that are suffering from penetrating sunlight, and positive mitigation efforts underway in the Sahel region of Niger. Sergio Vega records the frequent burning of farmland in the Amazon, while closer to home Travis Roozée documents subterranean coal mine fires in Centralia, PA that have been burning since 1961. In the gallery’s resource area, visitors can learn more about the urgency of rapid environmental degradation and ways to make a difference.
The exhibit runs through June 1, and we certainly intend on getting up there before it closes. Wave Hill itself is special enough, and these photos–including some of our friend Susannah Sayler’s incredible Canary Project work (below)–shouldn’t be missed. All the deets here.
{Susannah Sayler/Canary Project- Disrupted Ecosystems XXI: Monte Verde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica, 2006}