the air we breathe – Workshop
Christina Battle, the air we breathe, video still, 2023, courtesy of the artist.
October 7 – November 1, Registration Required
the air we breathe: online workshop with Christina Battle
Sign up to join before October 7, 2024
LINK TO REGISTER
the air we breathe focuses on air quality in and around Houston. We will spend time thinking about how smell and memory intertwine with air pollution and sociocultural shifts. Participants will be asked to respond to materials creatively each week. the air we breathe takes place primarily online and on your own time!
There are two group sessions:
Meeting #1 (online) – Introduction: Monday, October 7, 2024 – 6 pm CDT
Meeting #2 (online) – Reflections: Friday, November 1, 2024 – 3 pm CDT
The project runs October 7 through November 1 with emails and info sent each Wednesday. Toolkits for the workshop can be picked up at MATCH during River on Fire gallery hours, Thu – Sat, 12 – 6 pm and you will be asked to drop responses off at the gallery to share with others at the end of the project. More information will be shared at the first group session.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Christina Battle is an artist based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), within the Aspen Parkland: the transition zone where prairie and forest meet. Her practice focuses on thinking deeply about the concept of disaster, its complexity, and its intricacies. She has a BSc with a specialization in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta, a certificate in Film Studies from Ryerson (now Toronto Metropolitan) University, an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and a PhD in Art & Visual Culture from the University of Western Ontario. In her recent PhD dissertation (2020) Battle researched community responses to disasters— how they take shape and especially how artistic and online models might help to frame and strengthen such responses.
SUPPORT
River on Fire is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, DiverseWorks members and patrons, and Teiger Foundation, with climate coaching for exhibition production and programming provided by Rute Collaborative as part of Teiger Foundation’s Climate Action Pilot.