Eco-Urgency: Hidden Worlds—Virtual Nature Walk with Rachel Frank

Rachel Frank leads a virtual nature walk through Fort Greene Park, focusing on the subtle sounds of our urban ecosystems that are easily missed during the day-to-day bustle of urban living. In response to the pandemic, and to remind us that we are all interconnected, Frank draws attention to the unheard/unseen interspecies communication that surrounds us, such as underground tree fungi in this Brooklyn park near her home.

Eco-Urgency: Artists Make the Case is an online exhibition and a weekly series of screenings, nature walks, foraging tips, and conversations with artists, curators and scientists, all focused on critical issues affecting ecosystems and biodiversity. Planning for the exhibition took place as Covid-19 was first reported and then started to spread. The parallels between the ecological issues addressed by the artists and injustices made apparent during the global pandemic as well as the recognition of systemic racism in our society, adds a powerful urgency to presenting this work.

www.wavehill.org/calendar/eco-urgency