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Voices of the Tempest

Adriana Groisman

An Exhibition in conjunction with

FOTOFEST 2008

The 12th Biennial of Photography

March 7--April 17

Reception: March 7, 6-8PM
Gallery open until 9pm Friday, March 7th for FotoFest

Pre-opening talk by artist:  March 5th 6:00pm N1099 UHD

Adriana Groisman will show Voices of the Tempest for the first time in the United States at Fotofest 2008 in Houston , Texas at the O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown, March 7 -- April 17.

Voices of the Tempest premiered at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, in Buenos Aires , Argentina from August through September of 2005 and was shown again May through June of 2007 at the Maritime Museum of Ushuaia , Argentina.

In 2003 Groisman accompanied a National Geographic expedition to find the remains of the Argentinean War Cruiser, General Belgrano. While sea conditions prevented the expedition from finding the wreck, Groisman's involvement resulted in photographs of the site and interviews with survivors. The installation presents a humanizing account of the conflict over the Falkland Islands and the Islas Malvinas during the early 1980's and the sinking of the General Belgrano on May 2, 1982.

Through black and white photographs and items that reflect on human loss and hardship, Groisman connects the viewer to the struggle for survival by the sailors who escaped the wounded vessel. The installation will include recorded voices of the surviving crew.

Adriana Groisman was born in Buenos Aries , Argentina . She currently lives in New York City but often travels back to her native Argentina . She has worked as a photojournalist for Editorial Perfil and Editorial Atlantida , and is the photo correspondent for Clarin, one of the world's largest Spanish-speaking newspapers. In the United States , Groisman's photographs have been published in Newsweek , The Atlantic Monthly , The Smithsonian and Aperture . In Europe, the journals Sette-Corriere della Sera in Italy and GEO in France have worked with Groisman. In 2000, Groisman received a Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography Award for her project "Tango: The Dance of the Night." In 2005, she exhibited "Tango: Never Before Midnight" at the Leica Gallery in New York . Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston and is represented by Contact Press Images.

For more information, contact Mark Cervenka or Brad Thomason at the O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown at 713-221-8042. Gallery hours: Monday -- Saturday, 10:00 -- 5:00.