The Urban Forest
The Urban Forest
photography by Kate Glicksberg
kate@interstatial.com
www.interstatial.com
April 1 - 18, 2010
chashama 30 West
30 West 8th Street @MacDougal
New York, NY
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Opening Reception: Thursday 1st, 7 - 10p
Hours: Wednesdays - Sundays, 1 - 7p
and by appointment
Presented here are 15 photographs and a photo 'zine from the series, "The Urban Forest" by Kate Glicksberg. This project explores the city as a unique habitat, where nature, humans and the concrete grid co-exist and intermingle. Nature may frame the series, but human presence is a fundamental part of this work. Formal land cultivation tries to contain natural growth within the urban landscape. Yet through pictorial representation, humans invent ways to insert types of wilderness into street life. The inherent desire to integrate nature into built environments competes with the need to control it. The benefits of nature to society at large have recently been re-established. Urban landscaping projects have brought another context for experiencing an outdoor city life. From replanted clusters in public plazas, to mass reforestation of the city's public/private lands, trees play an increasing role in the shifting urban landscape. In this shift, the city is reimagined.
Kate Glicksberg is a photographer and self-publisher, specializing in landscapes and travelogues that document the interaction of humans and nature. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in California and New York; it can also be seen in the eighteen photo-'zines she has self-published since 1995 (available at artist-book friendly stores and galleries in the U.S. and Canada). Her commercial and editorial work, which has appeared in venues as dataerse as the New York Times and MTV focuses on built environments. Kate received her undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (BFA Industrial Design, 1992) and did her graduate work at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA Photography & Media, 2005).
photography by Kate Glicksberg
kate@interstatial.com
www.interstatial.com
April 1 - 18, 2010
chashama 30 West
30 West 8th Street @MacDougal
New York, NY
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Opening Reception: Thursday 1st, 7 - 10p
Hours: Wednesdays - Sundays, 1 - 7p
and by appointment
Presented here are 15 photographs and a photo 'zine from the series, "The Urban Forest" by Kate Glicksberg. This project explores the city as a unique habitat, where nature, humans and the concrete grid co-exist and intermingle. Nature may frame the series, but human presence is a fundamental part of this work. Formal land cultivation tries to contain natural growth within the urban landscape. Yet through pictorial representation, humans invent ways to insert types of wilderness into street life. The inherent desire to integrate nature into built environments competes with the need to control it. The benefits of nature to society at large have recently been re-established. Urban landscaping projects have brought another context for experiencing an outdoor city life. From replanted clusters in public plazas, to mass reforestation of the city's public/private lands, trees play an increasing role in the shifting urban landscape. In this shift, the city is reimagined.
Kate Glicksberg is a photographer and self-publisher, specializing in landscapes and travelogues that document the interaction of humans and nature. Her work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in California and New York; it can also be seen in the eighteen photo-'zines she has self-published since 1995 (available at artist-book friendly stores and galleries in the U.S. and Canada). Her commercial and editorial work, which has appeared in venues as dataerse as the New York Times and MTV focuses on built environments. Kate received her undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (BFA Industrial Design, 1992) and did her graduate work at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA Photography & Media, 2005).
