Flags
Photographs by Amadeo Lasansky
Sep. 6 – Dec. 30, 2016
Gould Library
“I fell in love with photography during some off campus trips at Carleton College” Amadeo Lasansky says. “I grew up in a family of artists, surrounded by art, but it wasn’t until I looked through the lens of a camera, that I discovered my own medium, and a way of seeing the world. I love capturing, in one shot, the essence of a person or a scene, in the way that has been done since photography was born. We each see the world in a unique way, and my photographs present my particular vision.”
Lasansky has honed this vision over the years by traveling to over 35 countries and documenting his experiences. The resulting body of work, primarily shot in black and white, expands the world and simultaneously brings it into focus. The travels he captures in this exhibition took place during the 15 years he lived in New York City, where he worked as the manager of a commercial photo studio.
Lasansky recently relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where he has discovered a whole new terrain for his work. He is inspired by the natural world in and around that vibrant city, and he has begun shooting in color with a mirrorless digital SLR camera. He looks forward to the opportunity he now has to explore the area with his wife, a Nashville native.
See images from the exhibition.
Satiric and Political Graphics
Curated by Miguel Brieva in collaboration with Professor Palmar Alvarez-Blanco
Jan. 4 – Mar. 15, 2017
Gould Library
The intention of this small exhibit is to provide a brief overview of graphic art throughout history that, with the use of satire and visual power, has exposed the fundamental contradictions and nonsense that define modern society. Nevertheless, the cultivators of this disciple are so numerous and renowned that it is frankly difficult to include them all, and for this exhibit a select number of prominent artists were chosen whose work best represent the diverse styles of graphic art across the different political and historical eras.
In this manner, it is possible to follow the evolution of this visual genre from its beginnings in the eighteenth century, first linked to the field of pictorial art and the rise of written press, and later in the prolific and terrible twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first century, in which its practice has widely extended such that now, more than ever, lucidity and reflection is necessary if we truly wish to survive as a species.
Waterways: Paths of Public Health
Curated by the students in the OCS program “Public Health in Practice”
April 2017
Gould Library, 4th Floor
Waterways: Paths of Public Health is an exhibition designed by participants in the winter break off-campus Public Health in Practice program led by Professor of Biology, Debby Walser-Kuntz. Through an introductory public health course and a two-week field experience in Minneapolis/St.Paul and Washington, D.C., students explored the many dimensions of public health.
Things by Season Season’d
Apr. 7 – May 1, 2017
Gould Library, 4th Floor
A selection from Special Collections chosen by students in Associate Professor Pierre Hecker’s The Merchant of Venice: A Project Course
Public Memory of Myanmar
April 11 – August 18, 2017
Gould Library, 4th Floor
From 1962 to 2015, the history of Myanmar was carefully filtered by the state to showcase selected events, cultures, and people through state-controlled media and education.
Since 2013, Professor Tun Myint and Carleton students have visited Myint’s home country, conducting field research, interviews, and recording people’s lives to learn how people’s livelihoods and memories of the authoritarian state will shape the transition to a more open society and shared identity.
The result of this project is a living archive that will continue to record and display public memory and activities that speak to the economy, cultures, politics, and identity of people in this multi-ethnic society. The records within the archive will include memories shared by former prisoners, police officers, and military personnel who endured through the authoritarian regime from 1962 to 2015.
This exhibit was organized to mark and celebrate the launch of the digital archive.
Conversations in Conservation
May 10 – Aug 15, 2017
Gould Library, 4th Floor
Led by Nancy Breaker and Mary Savina, students on the Geology and Natural History in Tasmania program learned about conservation and environmental policy overseas. After interviewing both conservation professionals in Minnesota and Tasmania students compared their conclusions and created this exhibit to highlight what they learned. They also completed individual projects surrounding the environmental challenges they studied and learned about from partners while in Tasmania.
OCS Photo Contest
May 17 – Aug 1 2017
Gould Library
The Off-Campus Studies Photo Contest is an annual event celebrating student experiences on off-campus study programs. It is open to all current students who have participated in off-campus study programs, fellowships, the Initiative for Service Internships in International Development, and the Richard T. Newman Family Fund for Language Study Internships during their four years at Carleton. Carleton students experience other cultures in many different ways. They make life-long friends with homestay families and other participants on off-campus programs. Many expand their off-campus studies field research into senior comps projects when they return to campus. Others reframe their experiences as fellowship or summer grant proposals and extend their intercultural learning with follow-on research projects and internships.
The Artistic Method
Curated by Ari Zuaro ’18
May 30 – Oct 25, 2017
Gould Library, 4th Floor
Art and science are often thought of as separate subjects, on opposite ends of a spectrum. Yet these two fields have continually interacted and influenced each other: through the use of images as communication, and as civilizations made more and more discoveries about the world. Albrecht Durer’s famous woodcut Rhinoceros(created in 1515), was so convincing, that well into the 18th-century people believed it to be an accurate depiction of the rhinoceros, complete with steel plates like an armadillo’s and a horn on its back.
When working together scientists and artists become collaborators, expanding on the inherent beauty of nature and using art as a platform for interpretation and expression. In the wake of climate change, and the current political climate, it has become more important than ever that the arts and sciences continue to be valued and supported. This exhibition aims to highlight ways in which artists have attempted to incorporate scientific ideas and protest issues related to climate change as well as where they have found beauty in the sublime and scientific nature of the world.