Exhibit Columbus organizers believe a new addition to the fall exhibition will be a picture-perfect way to frame the event even more creatively and broadly.
The work of two photography fellows will be be presented during the 13-exhibit architectural happening opening Aug. 21. The pair will discuss their work at 4 p.m. Monday during a free Zoom event, for which registrants will get a link.
"We always try to do new and interesting things with each cycle of programming," said Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus director. "This is a piece really important to our curatorial team. The event Monday will allow people to hear more about that photography and architecture connection."
Exhibit Columbus Photography Fellows Virginia Hanusik and David Schalliol have each been documenting parts of Columbus, the heartland, and the Mississippi watershed from social, economic, and environmental perspectives.
Their work will be presented in a special exhibit beginning in August at Gallery 506 at the Columbus Area Visitors Center. And it also will be displayed prominently in a vinyl format in very public outdoor spaces such as the downtown parking garages, alleyways, storefronts and elsewhere, according to Surak.
Hanusik visited Columbus a few weeks ago and Schalliol will be here Thursday through Monday.
In this online event, the two will talk about the work they’ve been developing over the past year. This will be followed by a moderated conversation with special guest Jasmine Benyamin, associate professor of architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She will highlight the interconnections between the photography fellows’ work, and discuss the important relationship between photography and architecture.
The photography fellows’ work will be presented in what organizers call "innovative ways" during the exhibition.
Here is a quick look at each:
- Virginia Hanusik is a photographer whose work explores the relationship between landscape, culture, and the built environment. Her projects on climate change, landscape adaptation, and environmental justice have been featured in The New Yorker, Domus, Places Journal, NPR, The Atlantic, MAS Context, and Oxford American among others, and supported by the Graham Foundation and Mellon Foundation. Her project “A Receding Coast: The Architecture and Infrastructure of South Louisiana” challenges the visual iconography of the climate crisis and has been exhibited internationally.
She has lectured at institutions including Columbia University, Bard College, New York University, and Rutgers University about landscape representation and the visual narratives of climate change, and is a member of the Climate Working Group where she helps coordinate multi-disciplinary projects on the climate crisis with artists and scholars. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Bard College and lives in New Orleans.
- David Schalliol is an associate professor of sociology at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is interested in the relationship between community and place. His writing and photographs have appeared in such publications as Social Science Research, MAS Context, and The New York Times, as well as in numerous exhibitions. That includes the 2015 and 2017 Chicago Architectural Biennial, the inaugural Belfast Photo Festival, and at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. He is the author of "Isolated Building Studies," and his directorial debut, "The Area," premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April 2018.
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Go to exhibitcolumbus.org to register for this virtual event.
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