Consumerism and neglect. Man's impact on the environment, by Emilio Andrés Codina

Consumerism and neglect. Man's impact on the environment,

by Emilio Andrés Codina
 

From 25 May to 30 September 2012
 

Martínez Guerricabeitia exhibition room - La Nau

From Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 to 14 and from 16 to 20 h.

Sunday, from 10 to 14 h.

Patronat Martínez Guerricabeitia [+]

In his exhibition “Consumerism and neglect. Man’s impact on the environment”, the photographer Emilio Andrés Codina presents the consequences of excessive consumption. Consisting of a 25-image series, including two large diptychs (140 cm wide 100 cm high), the show is intended to encourage viewers to think about today’s lifestyles. The snapshots were taken on the Salton Sea, in California, US. The Salton Sea is said to be the most polluted lake in the whole country. Sewage water and industrial waste coming from nearby towns have caused the site to decline. It has been neglected and abandoned, dirty fish and desolate scenery counterbalancing the idyllic “American dream”.

The exhibition is the result of the work completed by the Master’s in Photography of the school Espai d'Art Fotogràfic, of Valencia. During the academic year, students carry out a photographic project based on a specific subject; “Human activity: Machinery, Diet and Environment” was the topic this year. All the series taken under the master’s are supervised by the school principal, Nicolás Llorens, and the international photographer Philipp Scholz Rittermann. The master’s main goal is to complete a professional, artistic and personal project to help students enter the professional market with support from Espai d'Art Fotográfic. From all the projects, a jury of experts selected the works of Emilio Andrés Codina for the Espai d'Art Fotogràfic prize, i.e. a monographic publication and an exhibition to be held at the premises of the Martínez Guerricabeitia Trust, at La Nau Cultural Centre (University of Valencia). The members of the jury are Prof. Francesc Vera (photography lecturer, Fine Arts School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia), Prof. Román de la Calle (PhD in Aesthetics and Arts Theory, University of Valencia) and Tomás Llorens (art critic).