Join ICP at the American Museum of Natural History for a special screening of Sasha Wortzel’s River of Grass, introduced by curator Elisabeth Sherman and presented as part of the Mead Film Festival. ICP Members are eligible to receive discounted tickets to the event.
Explore Wortzel’s work currently on view in To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography, on view through May 5th.
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About the Film
There is no place in the world quite like the Everglades, which serves a fundamental role in the Florida ecosystem. Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee tribe, has defended the Floridian swamplands for decades against fracking, agribusiness, and water pollution, protesting swamp drainage with multi-day prayer walks along major highways. The film’s title evokes a Miccosukee phrase describing the Everglades, emphasizing the region’s natural resilience in the face of climate devastation.
About the Guests
Elisabeth Sherman is an independent curator and formerly the Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the International Center of Photography (ICP). At ICP, she curated exhibitions including To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography, as well as Yto Barrada: Part Time Abstractionist, ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845–2019, David Seidner: Fragments, 1977-99 and Muriel Hasbun: Tracing Terruño, the first NYC survey of multidisciplinary artist Muriel Hasbun. Sherman joined ICP from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions including Dawoud Bey: An American Project (2019–2022), Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950 -2019 and the Whitney’s presentation of Zoe Leonard: Survey.
Image by Sasha Wortzel