Managed Retreat by Dawn Stetzel
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Managed Retreat, about the moving and relocating of people, infrastructure, and communities in response to climate change, is a large-scale sculptural exhibition by Washington Coast artist Dawn Stetzel.
Many of the sculptures in this exhibition imply movement, odd contraptions of sorts that include wheels, skis, floats or backpack portability and are used to physically navigate a landscape and allude to a conceptual pathway or trajectory. The work struggles with seeking moments of survival within a dysfunctional system, on the move, searching out, opportunistic existence. Dawn uses a tinge of the ridiculous to create barely functioning pieces.
Opening event: Thursday, March 7th, 5 – 8 p.m.