Amazon Visions, Vanishing Acts, August 21st 7-9 pm

[Madeline Gardner]

Rainforest Action Network will be presenting our work at this event - come check it out!

AMAZON VISIONS, VANISHING ACTS

Multi-media exhibition by Christine Baeumler

 

Opening Reception and Film Screening

Saturday, August 21, 2010; 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Free and open to the public

7:00 pm screening of the film Dream People of the Amazon

directed by Lawrence M. Lansburgh (description of the film follows below)

7:45 pm Exhibition reception begins

Show Duration

Thursday, August 12 through Saturday, September 18, 2010

Gallery hours: Thursday – Saturday

12:00 – 6:00 pm and by appointment

Free and open to the public

Form+Content Gallery

Whitney Square Building

210 North 2^nd Street, Suite 104

Minneapolis, MN 55401

Metered street parking until 10:00 pm

More Info

Gallery: 612/436-1151

Howard Oransky 651/592-1841

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Description of Exhibition

In the solo multi-media exhibition, Amazon Visions, Vanishing Acts, Twin Cities artist Christine Baeumler creates an installation that reflects upon the vitality and fragility of the Amazon Rainforest. In the summer of 2008, Baeumler traveled to the Lago Preto Conservation Concession as part of an Earthwatch Institute expedition. This area is one of the most biodiverse habitats in the Amazon and is the home to an extraordinary number of avian species, as well as a great diversity of primates, fish and frog species found in the region. The exhibition presents the lush environment of the Amazon Rainforest through video and sound installation displayed in the Mobile Rainforest Unit. The video records the twilight on the Amazon River and a night glittering with fireflies, lightning and echoing with the sounds of frogs, insects and bird life. This vibrant world is juxtaposed against images of taxidermied species photographed by the artist in the Natural History Museum in Lima, Peru. While key wildlife species of the Lago Preto Conservation Concession are recovering due to the cooperative efforts of scientists with the 21 local Cocama-Cocamilla Indian communities, the Amazon basin is under the constant threat of deforestation, oil exploration, and climate change. The audience is asked to consider what could be lost if threats continue to impact the remarkable environment of the Amazon basin.

Film Screening

The exhibition opening reception will begin at 7:00 pm on Saturday, August 21 with the screening of the film Dream People of the Amazon, written, produced and directed by Lawrence M. Lansburgh,©2005. The film runs for 30 minutes. The film screening and opening reception are free and open to the public. A donation to benefit Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is suggested. Dream People of the Amazon tells the story of the Achuar, indigenous people who live in a remote and pristine part of the Amazon rain forest in southeastern Ecuador. The Achuar had no contact with the outside world until the early 1970's. Today, while still retaining their traditional culture, they are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about the world beyond their forest. They know that the outside world is desperate for the oil that lies under their territory. They also know that oil operations have brought environmental and cultural devastation to their indigenous neighbors in northeastern Ecuador, a few hundred miles away.

Christine Baeumler Biography

Christine Baeumler grew up in Buffalo, New York. She received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Yale University and an M.F.A. from Indiana University at Bloomington.  Baeumler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota and is also currently the Artist-in-Residence for two watershed districts through Public Art Saint Paul.

Support for this exhibition was provided by the University of Minnesota’s Grant-in Aid for Research, Artistry and Scholarship and the Imagine Fund.  The artist wishes to acknowledge the following: animation, Amy Waksmonski, editing assistance of David Donovan; and Keith Taylor, printing services.  The Mobile Rainforest Unit was fabricated by Willie Willette Works. 

 

 

 

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Madeline Gardner
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