Field Station 3 | Territories, Watersheds, Infrastructures
Territories—Watersheds—Infrastructures is a multi-scalar field documentation and mapping project that positions the Mississippi, its tributaries, and the St. Louis region within its broader watershed—particularly highlighting the complicated intersections of river management, industry and recreation. Multiple methods of field documentations will include photography and video from canoe trips on the river and aerial photography of various high- and low-water rivers stages. The work not only will be used to represent ideas, but also as objects of action for a set of dialogues about responsibility, agency, and possible futures for the Mississippi River Basin. Discussion, exhibition, and installations will all take place atop a working barge on the North Riverfront.
- Friday, Oct 04, 2019
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Continental Cement, 21 Brooklyn St, St. Louis, MO 63102Barge Exhibition & River Dialogue
The project opening will take place atop a working barge at Continental Cement Company on the north waterfront. The opening will consist of an installation of interpretive devices for deciphering the industrial landscape of the river, as well as a multidisciplinary conversation covering a wide range of topics related to watershed-thinking and changing approaches to river management. Interlocutors include representatives from industry, conservation, government, recreation, civic groups, and arts institutions, including the following voices:
Dustin Whited Continental Cement Company
Big Muddy Mike Clark, Christine Ingrassia & Roo Yawitz Big Muddy Adventures
Todd Antoine & Lonny Boring Great Rivers Greenway
Colin Wellenkamp Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative
Eddie Brauer & Chuck Theiling US Army Corps of Engineers
Kristin Fleischmann Brewer Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Rachel Bartels Missouri River Waterkeeper Alliance
Ted Kratscmner, National Great Rivers Research and Education CenterProject Partners: Continental Cement, Big Muddy Adventures, Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Installations by Derek Hoeferlin’s “Territories-Watersheds-Infrastructures” Washington University seminar (Samuel Bell-Hart, Xinyang Chen, Virginia Eckinger, Liz Hambor, Natia Kapanadze, Yongdi Li, Mason Radford, Erin Socha, Mingjian Suo, Mengru Wang, John Whitaker, Damon Xiang, Makio Yamamoto)
Drone Photography by Derek Hoeferlin and Jess Vanecek
Balloon Photography by “Public Lab River Rat Pack”Free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please pre-register at info@theluminaryarts.com
