BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Shifting Ground Exhibition PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1545796_0 SUMMARY:Shifting Ground Exhibition DESCRIPTION:

In this exhibition, co-curated by Eve Blau and Alexandra Vacroux to mark the Davis Center's 75th anniversary, Harvard scholars and artists — including Davis Center students past and present — grapple with the transformations wrought by history in six thought-provoking projects:

Journalist-turned-anthropologist Alisa Sopova and photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind capture life within five kilometers of the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
Alex Fisher, a recent graduate of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), follows the tortuous path of 6 million Soviet-made anti-personnel mines inherited by Ukraine.
GSD PhD student Morgan Forde tells of four intrepid American women lured to the Soviet Union as tourists in the 1930s by a glitzy magazine, specially aimed at Westerners.
Architect and historian Igor Ekstajn considers a hydropower project on the mighty Danube as both bridge and boundary between competing versions of socialism.
In a second exhibit, with his collaborator Michael Keller, Ekstajn explores the changing face of Lower Lusatia, one of Europe’s most profoundly transformed postindustrial regions.
And current Davis Center student Dasha Bough brings all these stories together in a stunning map collage greeting visitors as they enter.

On display until Feb. 25, 2024. CGIS South, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.

Correction: An earlier version of this post mistakenly listed Michael Keller as a collaborator on Igor Ekstajn's Danube exhibit, instead of the Lower Lusatia exhibit.

LOCATION:CGIS South, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20231027T160000Z DTEND:20240225T170000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR