{"id":40802240651,"date":"2019-09-17T08:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802240651"},"modified":"2021-06-16T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:39:22","slug":"exhibition-explores-economic-and-emotional-toll-of-superstorm-sandy-through-art-multimedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/exhibition-explores-economic-and-emotional-toll-of-superstorm-sandy-through-art-multimedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Explores Economic and Emotional Toll of Superstorm Sandy through Art, Multimedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nearing Anniversary of Sandy, Residents Invited to Post Their Stories to Gallery Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40802240657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40802240657\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40802240657 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of &quot;The Drying Exhibit&quot; \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/drying-station-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40802240657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Drying Station&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaching, a new exhibition at Monmouth University captures the destructive force of the storm and the mounting threats of climate change and sea level rise through abstract and participatory works of art. Free and open to the public, the exhibition encourages residents who were impacted by Sandy to contribute to the installation by sharing their memories on a special wall adorned with satellite imagery of the storm.<\/p>\n<p>A free opening reception for \u201cJust Beachy\/After Sandy,\u201d featuring the work of Monmouth University Department of Art and Design Professor Karen Bright and Assistant Professor of Communication Amanda Stojanov, will be held on Sept. 20 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the DiMattio Gallery, located in Rechnitz Hall. Some of the exhibition\u2019s highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Drying Station<\/strong>: Nearly a century of scientific data for natural phenomena such as high tide levels, wave heights and wind speeds on the Jersey Shore are interpreted by Bright in the form of beach towel designs. The towel panels hang in an arrangement that allows visitors to walk among and between them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>9 Feet High<\/strong>: Those who endured Sandy can \u201cerase\u201d the storm by covering up this wall of NASA satellite images with their hand-written stories. The colorful prints were designed by Bright with production assistance by Stojanov.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Climate Shelter<\/strong>: Visitors can step into a personal-sized, geodesic-domed shelter to hear and view a digital media interpretation, \u201cHurricane,\u201d created by Stojanov. The outside is decorated with prints and paintings by Bright \u2013 representing a world turned inside out \u2013 requiring a new way of thinking about climate and the effects of global warming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Transformer<\/strong>: At over 10 feet high, this information graphic in the form of a sculpture visualizes the massive number of housing units that were lost in New Jersey and New York as a result of Sandy. Bright\u2019s sculpture is composed of stacked tree rounds topped by two bird houses fashioned to look like green Monopoly game houses, which are sized to mathematically represent the number of lost homes. A sandbox at its base offers visitors a chance to rake or bury a small relic from their Sandy experience, or just provide a moment of release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40802240660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40802240660\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40802240660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of &quot;The 9 Feet High&quot; exhibit\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/9-feet-high-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40802240660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;9 Feet High&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe driving intent for \u2018Just Beachy\/After Sandy\u2019 is to reach out to people through action,\u201d Bright said. \u201cThe installation offers visitors the chance to share their personal stories and release them to the wall, contemplate while raking or digging sand, hear and view a media interpretation of Sandy while sitting in a quite space, and learn while walking through a maze of hanging panels. The hope is that by bringing the community together, people will find personal relief through shared experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two complementary exhibitions led by Bright will also debut on Sept. 20. \u201cKaren Bright\u2015Throughline,\u201d also at the DiMattio Gallery, features four decades of the artist\u2019s works centered on the environment as well as prevalent social and cultural issues such as the #MeToo movement and politics. \u201dA Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic,\u201d at the neighboring Ice House Gallery, features 24 artists\u2019 works that provide interpretations of space, ranging from serene landscapes to the abstract.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40802240661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40802240661\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40802240661 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of &quot;The Transformer&quot;\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/09\/the-transformer.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40802240661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Transformer&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exhibitions are open for public viewing during standard gallery hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibitions are also part of the Monmouth University Center for the Arts 2019-2020 season. \u201cJust Beachy\/After Sandy\u201d was funded in part by the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/\">www.monmouth.edu\/mca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaching, a new exhibition at Monmouth University captures the destructive force of the storm and the mounting threats of climate change and sea level rise through abstract and participatory works of art. 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