Artist's Talk: Chris Jordan
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Blue Wing, Level 2
With Chris Jordan, artist. This presentation is part of the ongoing series When Science Meets Art.
Friday, April 30, 2010 | 6:00 pm
Join internationally acclaimed photographer Chris Jordan in the Museum's newest gallery for an artist's talk about his work and the current exhibition, Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption.
Sociologists tell us that the human mind cannot meaningfully grasp numbers higher than a few thousand. Yet, understanding the consequences of our choices requires us to comprehend the incremental effect of millions or billions of small acts. How can we sensitize ourselves and, in turn, change our choices? Jordan's large-format prints, assembled from thousands of smaller photographs, dramatically translate the raw language of statistics into powerful images of global mass culture that we can respond to emotionally. Seeing the cumulative impact of individual actions through this talented artist's lens awakens us to the enormity of our personal decisions.
Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption is on exhibit through Sunday, May 9.
Gyre, 2008. Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enters the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean. Photo © Chris Jordan
Fee: Free with Exhibit Halls admission
This program is part of When Science Meets Art, in which participants experience the ingenuity of those who are shattering the boundaries between science, technology, engineering, and art. Funding for this program provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities Fund.
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