Hazel Wolf Gallery, The David Brower Center, Berkeley, California
Reimagining Progress: Production, Consumption, and Alternative Economies
May 22 - September 4, 2014
dateline: (07-20) 13:49 PDT San Jose, CA (AP)--
pastel on paper
72 x 50 inches
We are living as if we have an extra planet at our disposal.
We face an urgent problem: our current consumption patterns outstrip our planet’s available resources, and yet our society continues to produce massive amounts of cheap, disposable goods. With its complex history as a center of international commerce, radical politics, technological innovation, and cultural experimentation, the Bay Area is uniquely positioned to help solve this problem. Reimagining Progress features local artists powerfully critiquing our unsustainable status quo, exploring our society’s relationship to production, consumption, and waste while proposing alternatives that balance valuing people and planet with financial profit.
Jim Leape, Director General, World Wildlife Fund International
“Taken as a whole, Reimagining Progress imparts a sense of how our current economy is failing to balance financial profit with environmental and social concerns, At the same time, we’re particularly proud that this show and associated public programs are also very forward looking, proposing alternative ways of valuing our all-‐too limited resources.”
Berit Ashla, David Brower Center Executive Director
Artists :
Donna Anderson Kam, Trent Davis Bailey, Hopi Breton, Kristin Cammermeyer, Julia Goodman, Daniel Healey, Ames Kanemoto, Kathryn Kenworth, Michael Kerbow, Marie-Luise Klotz, Aviva Knox, Sara Kraft, Annie Leonard, Patrick Lydon, Scott Constable, Kate Rhoades, Barrie Rokeach, and Paul Taylor.
Jurors:
Lawrence Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
JD Beltran, Artist and President of the San Francisco Arts Commission
Deborah Munk, Director of the Artist Residency Program at Recology San Francisco
Berit Ashla, Executive Director of the David Brower Center