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DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in a profound exploration of land\, memory\, a
 nd identity through poetry and photography. \n\nJoin us for a unique poetry
  reading featuring works from Mojave Ghost by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet F
 orrest Gander and Ground\, a captivating photography book by Lukas Felzmann
 .\n\n\n\nMojave Ghost\, Gander's latest work that navigates the landscapes 
 of his upbringing in the Mojave Desert and his current home in Northern Cal
 ifornia. Through an intimate lens\, Gander reflects on themes of grief\, lo
 ss\, and renewal\, weaving together personal experiences with the striking 
 realities of the environment.\n\nIn Mojave Ghost\, Gander crafts an emotion
 al journey that resonates with readers\, drawing connections between the ph
 ysical landscape and the inner self. He addresses themes of grief\, loss\, 
 and renewal\, weaving personal narratives with the stark realities of the e
 nvironment. With a background in geology\, Gander draws parallels between t
 he fractured landscapes of California and the emotional terrain of our live
 s\, inviting audiences to reflect on their own connections to place.\n\n\n\
 nFor over thirty years the Zurich-born\, San-Francisco based artist Lukas F
 elzmann has been making poetic images that explore the intersection of the 
 natural environment and human life. Across Ground presents two new photogra
 phy books by Felzmann which\, like an epiclandscape poem\, take us on an al
 lusive journey through a scarred landscape.\n\nGround weaves together a ser
 ies of black-and-white topographical details of California’s fifty-eight co
 unties to form a conceptual atlas of images bound by an invisible grid. Usi
 ng a large format view camera\, Felzmann follows the border of the continen
 t to the edges of small towns\, capturing the liminal zones of nature and c
 ulture. Reflections on each site by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest
  Gander guide us through the territory.\n\nIn Across Felzmann sets aside th
 e grid and roams freely\, collecting signs of human activity. From foothill
 s to highways\, in windows and reflections\, across floodplains and focal p
 lanes\, his lush sequences of photographs explore the notion and constructi
 on of place as much as the medium of photography itself. An essay by photog
 raphy historian Corey Keller illuminates Felzmann’s visual language.\n\n\n\
 nPhoto credit: Ashwini Bhat \n\nForrest Gander is a celebrated poet\, novel
 ist\, and translator whose work often reflects human and ecological connect
 ions. He holds degrees in geology and English literature.\n\nHis poetry col
 lection Be With won the Pulitzer Prize in 2019\, and his earlier work\, Cor
 e Samples from the World\, was a finalist for the Pulitzer and the National
  Book Critics Circle Award. Gander has collaborated with numerous artists a
 cross various disciplines and has published several poetry collections\, no
 vels\, essays\, and translations\, including notable works from Latin Ameri
 can literature.\n\nGander's writing has been translated into over a dozen l
 anguages\, and he has received multiple fellowships\, including from the Na
 tional Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has held pr
 estigious academic positions\, including at Harvard and Brown University\, 
 teaching courses on poetry\, eco-poetics\, and translation. Additionally\, 
 he co-edited Lost Roads Publishers with CD Wright for two decades\, contrib
 uting to the publication of works by numerous acclaimed writers. Gander is 
 also an Emeritus Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a member 
 of the Academy of Arts & Sciences.\n\n\n\nLukas Felzmann is an artist and e
 ducator. He was born and grew up in Zürich\, Switzerland and has been livin
 g and working in San Francisco since 1981. His work and installations conta
 in sculptural elements\, and through photographic means explore the interse
 ctions of the natural and the cultural. Current themes include our relation
 ship to the landscape\, and how we internalize and attempt to control natur
 e. (Waters in Between). Another published body of work (Swarm)\, is an inve
 stigation and celebration of flight\, musing on the working of natural syst
 ems\, and how there might be control without hierarchy. The degradation of 
 the marine environment through plastic and other materials is examined in G
 ull Juju. Lukas Felzmann’s work has been exhibited internationally\, and si
 x monographs have been published on it. The most recent is Apophenia publis
 hed by Koenig Books\, London in 2018. Lukas Felzmann has taught photography
  at the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University for 25 yea
 rs and is currently an Affiliated Scholar at the Bill Lane Center for the A
 merican West at Stanford University. In 2018 Lukas Felzmann was awarded a G
 uggenheim Foundation Fellowship in photography.
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LOCATION:Cantor Arts Center\, Cantor Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Mojave Ghost & Across Ground: Two Contemporary Approaches to the La
 ndscape.
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