Peekskill Gallery Presents Immersive Multimedia Exhibit on Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are the rainforest of the oceans, central to all planetary life. Their global degradation has resulted in an evocative and timely mixed media art project by Peekskill multi-discipline artist Christine Knowlton, who has collaborated with underwater photographer Bob Gould and audio/projection artist Gene Panczenko on “Collateral Damage Below,” a Coral Reef immersive multimedia exhibition.

The installation runs October 14– November 17 at Wilfredo Morel’s H-Art @Steel Imaginations Gallery, 1 South Division Street (2nd floor), Peekskill.

An October 19 opening reception & artists talk from 3-5 pm will be followed by three unique musical interactions with coral reef biosphere recordings, ending with a closing day discussion.

Christine Knowlton collaged and increasingly degraded global photographs of reef life onto a series of large panels that devolve into textural abstractions scattered with mirror fragments, sand, sea salt, dead coral dust and photo emulsion residue. Colorful photography by Bob Gould and underwater reef video will be projected on the ceiling and walls across art, reflective shards and a suspended fishing net piece, Catching Closure.