Please join us for a virtual artist talk with Kansas-city based photographer Elijah Gowin.
The talk with be on Zoom on Tuesday, March 19 at 12 pm – find details and get a free ticket at this link.
Discover more about his artistic practice and the “Last Firefly” series featured in our exhibition VIEWFIND 12.
THE LAST FIREFLY — ARTIST STATEMENT (2015-present)
Using the disappearing and threatened firefly as a way to explore ecology and our changing landscape, this series explores how the firefly provides a mirror that warns us of our tenuous human future. Traveling to unique and rare communities of fireflies in Tennessee, Malaysia and Thailand that have learned to flash synchronously as a group, this project uses photography to show the visual beauty of fireflies and the darkness they inhabit. It also highlights the impact of deforestation, light pollution, and overtourism that globalization has brought on in the 21st century.
