Living Through Wildfires
Date:
Thu, Oct 6th, 2022 to Wed, Dec 21st, 2022Time:
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Description:
I began documenting landscapes affected by wildfires during the summer of 2017. At the time, standing near the edge of a forest that had recently burned offered a certain amount of exhilaration.
Through dialogue with members of diverse communities, including fellow researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus, I have learned about how forest ecosystems have adapted to wildfire and how certain species depend on fire for renewal. These conversations have altered my perspective of fire as a destructive force. Over the three fire seasons that followed, I made photographs that contained a certain amount of optimism. I avoided photographing devastated structures and, for the most part, turned my camera to environments that were undergoing renewal after the fire rather than depicting active wildfires.
Venue:
Vernon Public Art Gallery
Address:3228- 31st Ave., Vernon
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