A Hard Rain’s A – Gonna Fall

April 21 – June 15, 2023 Curated by Lara Pan

Opening Reception: April 21, 5:30-7:30 pm

This exhibition centers on eleven artists who each explore various realms and topics in ecological disaster to reexamine the possibilities of survival (after an ecological catastrophe) in a singular way using science to create art and art to explain science. These interdisciplinary approaches provide an important lens onto the innovations made possible by the intersections between art, biology, philosophy, and history. Featuring: Rafael Attias (Rhode Island), Mathew Emmett (United Kingdom), Carla Gannis (New York), Anita Glesta (Australia, New York), David Nez (Oregon), Olivier Perriquet (France), Anne Senstad (Norway, New York), Otavio Schipper (Brazil) Saša Spačal (Slovenia), Hana Usui (Japan, Austria), and Vargas-Suarez Universal (Kyrgyzstan, New York).

A Hard Rains’s A-Gonna Fall

Inspired by the old European folk heritage that Dylan was investigating at the time, the song appears on Dylan’s second album Freewheelin’, which came out in 1963. And “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” was performed at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. Thus we cannot deny the political and almost prophetic message of the song that is more than ever applicable today.

”And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’ Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’ Heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’ Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’”

The selection of artists for this exhibition is based on scientific research that explores the possibility of the mass extinction of the living organisms on our planet, and seeks to investigate the idea of the complete disappearance of every known life form. This notion becomes more and more relevant as we continue to witness the unstoppable change