The Nelson Hancock Gallery is proud to be hosting an exhibition of photography and video by Robert Gardner taken from the new book, The Impulse to Preserve, Reflections of a Filmmaker. Gardner has spent a lifetime probing human experience in a number of the world's most remote corners. In Neolithic West Papua in 1961, it was ritual warfare and revenge, in Nigeria 1965, ritual pain, in Ethiopia in the late sixties, male supremacy, in Niger 1978, envy and in Benares India, mortality and its expression in worship.
Press Release: The Impulse to Preserve (pdf)
June 1st - July 23rd 2006
Reception for the Artist:
June 1rst
6-8 pm
To recognize Gardner's achievement in film, multimedia panels of three landmark documentaries (Dead Birds, Rivers of Sand, Forest of Bliss) were constructed for the exhibition. Combining still frames and LCD television screens, the panels ran looping clips, each of which corresponded to a "frozen" image.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, noon-6pm and by appointment