FotoFest Biennial 2022 brings a taste of Marcus Lyons’ ‘Human Atlas’ project to Sawyer Yards
, 2022-08-30 04:08:19,
FotoFest executive director Steven Evans has spent years trying to convince British artist Marcus Lyons to bring his “Human Atlas” project to Houston. Over the weekend, Evans won a partial victory.
Late Friday and Saturday evening, FotoFest Biennial 2022 presented an amuse bouche to this year’s photography and visual arts festival which opens Sept. 24. For two consecutive nights, “Fields of Vision,” was an immersive sound and light show featuring the oral recordings, ancestral DNA maps and portraits of 28 international change-makers projected onto the former rice Silos at Sawyer Yards near Silver Street Studios.
The installation was initially intended for FotoFest Biennial 2022. “Because of COVID we couldn’t produce it. This is a sign of a commitment to that project,” Evans explained.
Lyons describes “Human Atlas” as a social-impact art project that invites members of a designated region to self-author, or co-author, a hopeful future through visual storytelling, soundscapes and DNA mapping. The subjects are nominated and selected by their peers based on themes of freedom, service and community. Previous “Human Atlas” projects have been produced in Germany, Detroit and Brazil, among others locations.
Evans remains…
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