Artist In Residence

Shrimp Boat Projects

January 2011

Photo credit: Lake County Discovery Museum/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

SHRIMP BOAT PROJECTS: Investigating the Labor of a Landscape

Shrimp Boat Projects is a year-long interdisciplinary Mitchell Center residency focused on the Gulf Coast shrimp industry of Galveston Bay, viewed as both a profession and a way of life. This residency will take place aboard a working shrimp boat, and will be directed by artist and scholar Zach Moser and architect Eric Leshinsky. Not only does a boat have access to all aspects of the region from the coastal marshes and major cities to the offshore oil rigs and reefs, but a shrimp boat in particular is a potent yet largely unacknowledged nexus between a range of internationally prominent socio-economic themes including globalization, tourism, environmental awareness, immigration and human labor.

Related Events:

February 16, 2011 - Shrimp Boat Projects: The Launch

April 27, 2011 - Screening: Veins in the Gulf

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