SINK OR SWIM: DESIGNING FOR A SEA CHANGE
FEATURING WORKS BY IWAN BAAN, STEPHEN WILKES AND PAULA BRONSTEIN
Photography Exhibition Focuses on Resilient Design in a Time of Rising Seas on View to May 3, 2015
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Sink or Swim explores the human story of resilience, from adaptation for survival to ambitious infrastructure planning, in some of the richest and poorest of the world’s coastal communities. Rather than showing pristine architectural photography, the photographs present viewers with various human responses to changes in their landscapes that could be intensified by sea level rise. Sink or Swim aims to foster critical dialogue through the provocative juxtaposition of diverse responses to a challenge shared by millions worldwide.
Curated by architecture writer and radio Host and Executive Producer of KCRW’s DnA: Design and Architecture Frances Anderton with the Annenberg Space for Photography, Sink or Swim features newly commissioned and archival works by photographers Iwan Baan, Stephen Wilkes, Paula Bronstein, and Jonas Bendiksen. This is the first exhibition for Annenberg Space for Photography to feature commissioned works. Sink or Swim also showcases photography by Mark Holtzman, Kip Evans and Monica Nouwens.
Through the work of this select group of architectural, fine art and news photographers, the exhibition casts an eye on both the problem of climate change in densely populated coastal regions and contemporary design as a means to navigate the changing landscapes.
