{"id":1599,"date":"2021-06-28T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?page_id=1599"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T22:17:18","slug":"virtual-exhibit-unknowns-by-markel-uriu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/events\/art\/virtual-exhibit-unknowns-by-markel-uriu\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Exhibit: Unknowns by Markel Uriu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Markel Uriu\u2019s work<\/a> explores invasive species: their environmental impacts, and links to humanity, globalization, and colonization.
\nBy tracing the movements of invasive species, human histories can be revealed. These arrivals drastically alter and shape the landscape, creating new iterations within the ecosystem, often with unintended consequences.
\nAs human developments compound issues such as climate change, new elements create further unknown surprises.
\nNew works from 2020-present explore these emerging shifts, focusing on hybrids and extinctions which resulted from the movements of new organisms through human distribution.
\nAdditional works explore the unknowns within mundane landscapes, exploring recent changes in landscapes through photographic records and obfuscation through the use of paper weavings. Supported by a 4Culture Art Project Grant, Markel Uriu\u2019s work explores invasive species: their environmental impacts, and links to humanity, globalization, and colonization<\/p>\n

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\nPhotos on paper (Golden trout, rainbow trout)
\n5\u201d x 12\u201d (other dimensions variable)
\nThe golden trout is an endangered subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. Its decline is spurred by the accidental introduction of hybrid golden\/rainbow trout, with whom it has interbred itself, potentially out of existence. Interbreeding with the globally introduced rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish, is an occurrence threatening multiple species of fish. It is unclear if these hybrids are protected under the Endangered Species Act, which, in its original establishment, does not have legislation in relationship to hybrids, an issue which has led to the protected status of certain species to
\nbe threatened. \" data-credit=\"Markel Uriu\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"2\n2021
\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\nDimensions variable
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently
\nconsidered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular
\nsporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this
\nphenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times.\" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"2\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\n3.75\u201d x 14\" (other dimensions variable)
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently considered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this phenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times. \" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"22021
\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\n4.25\u201d x 12.75\u201d other dimensions variable
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently considered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this phenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times. \" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"22021
\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\nDimensions variable
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently considered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this phenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times. \" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"22021
\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\nDimensions variable
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently considered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this phenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times. \" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"\"2021
\nPhotos on Paper (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout)
\n3.75\u201d x 17.5\u201d (other dimensions variable)
\nThe Westslope Cutthroat trout is a subspecies of fish endemic to the United States. It is currently considered threatened in its native range, due to the introduction of the Rainbow trout, a popular sporting fish with whom it is interbreeding itself out of existence. Climate change has enabled this phenomenon, as the shifting seasons has aligned their previously separate annual spawning times\" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"green2020
\nPhotos on paper, black paint
\n5.5\u201d x 6.5\u201d
\nother dimensions variable
\nIn the late 1970's amphibians around the world began to die off for mysterious reasons, contributing to dramatic population declines and extinctions of various frog and salamander species. It wasn't until 1993 that the culprit of these die offs was discovered: Chytridiomycosis, caused by a chytrid fungi, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. It is thought to have been spread through American Bullfrogs, distributed globally for food, and African Clawed Frogs, which were used as early pregnancy tests.
\nBoth species have been globally distributed by humans, and show resistance to the fungus. It has been suggested that this fungus has been exacerbated by climate change, which has enabled more ideal conditions for the virus to thrive in, and certain pesticides, which weaken the immune response in frogs. The Golden Toad, last seen in 1989 and now considered extinct, is one of the species who's rapid decline is thought to have been caused by the fungus. \" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"blue2021
Photos on paper, Black out paint
5.25\u201d x \u201d10other dimensions variable
As the ocean acidifies due to climate change, Mollusks are particularly vulnerable to these PH shifts. Species such as the Blue Mussel, a species found throughout the northern hemisphere and cultivated for food, are also at risk, despite their current success. Studies are currently being conducted to assess their resilience, with mixed projected outcomes.\" data-credit=\"Markel Uriu\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"\"2021
Photos on paper (Pacific Ocean), black out paint
Dimensions variable\" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"garden\n2020
\nprints on paper, woven
\nDimensions variable (10.5\" x 8.5\")
\n\" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"plant\n2020
\nprints on paper, woven
\nDimensions variable (approx. 13\" x 17\")
\n\" data-credit=\"\" data-source=\"\"><\/a>\"flower\n2020
\nPrints on paper, woven
\nDimensions variable (approx 7\" x 7\")
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