ONE: One Planet One Future
LAST WEEKEND

ONE • ONE PLANET ONE FUTURE
An Exhibition of Photographs by Anne de Carbuccia

Hosted by Time Shrine Foundation
Westbeth Center for the Arts
155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

September 16 – November 21, 2016

Hours:
Mon, Wed, Thu: 11:30AM – 6:30PM
Fri and Sat: 12:00PM – 8:30PM
Sun: 11:30AM – 6:30PM
Closed on Tuesdays

Entrance Free of Charge

ONE installation at Westbeth Center for the Arts

ONE installation at Westbeth Center for the Arts

“LIVE LIFE” IMAGERY CONFRONTS OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE

Anne de Carbuccia’s photographs make ingenious use of vanitas art, a tradition that dates back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which features the skull and the hourglass as symbols of vanity and time. Using these objects, organic elements, and found objects she creates an installation—a shrine—in symbolically significant environments to draw attention to that particular location or to honor its beauty. This bold reimagining of classical still life composition might be called “live life” imagery.

These images and a short film were made on expeditions to which de Carbuccia traveled with a very small crew and an instinctive sense of purpose. Her photographs are both an homage to their subjects—water, forests, endangered species—and an exposé on the ruinous effects of pollution and war. They record what is fast disappearing for future generations while also serving as a plea to reimagine a new world.

The Installation
The indoor exhibition will take place in what was once Westbeth’s Sculpture Studio . During Hurricane Sandy, the space was completely flooded. The installation will reproduce the effect of the flood as a reminder of that event and a call to action, as climate change caused by human activities continues to disrupt weather patterns.

The entrance to the exhibition is on the top floor, above the main gallery and photo coves, providing visitors with a bird’s eye view of the space. Reflections on the pools, the sound of water dropping, and the gradual descent into the main gallery sets the mood for the exhibition experience. Visitors discover the photographic works as they navigate the main gallery and four separate photos coves via a wooden deck.

The theme of the main gallery is wonder and hope. Each photo cove is like a chapel consecrated to a different theme: extinction, water, war, and plastic.

A short film narrated by de Carbuccia takes visitors behind the scenes on the photographic expeditions and illuminates the intention of the work.

About Anne de Carbuccia
Anne de Carbuccia was born in New York and grew up in Paris. She attended Columbia University in New York City where she studied anthropology and art history, specializing in 17th- and 18th-century art. She returned to Paris and worked for Drouot, one of the oldest and most respected auction houses in the world. She later developed an interest in using photography and films as a means of seeing primitive culture and art in a contemporary context.

The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco hosted Water at Dusk, a solo exhibition of images from Anne’s time shrines project (January 30–February 28, 2016). Private collectors in Europe and the U.S. have acquired her photographs and video art portraits.

Time Shrine Foundation
In 2015, de Carbuccia founded the non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, Time Shrine Foundation, as a way to fund efforts to raise awareness and protect vulnerable environments and cultures. The exhibition ONE is another way in which the Foundation seeks to promote these goals. All proceeds from the sale of de Carbuccia’s original artworks support environmental efforts in the places she photographs and films.

Contact:
Time Shrine Foundation
155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014
T +1.212.419.3160
www.timeshrinefund.org

Giuli Cordara
giuli@timeshrinefund.org
+1.917.536.5149

Calvin Ramsay
calvin@timeshrinefund.org
+1.646.806.5992

International: Giusi Conti
giusi.conti@timeshrine.org
T +39.346.9493.220

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