Turkey Creek Institute for Phenomenal Awareness
The Turkey Creek Diversion Tunnel is an ominous and breathtaking site of significant importance in Kansas City history. Located directly beneath Interstate 35, near the Rainbow Blvd exit, it is passed over with extreme frequency by much of the population, and yet remains invisible and nearly unknown by most Kansas Citians. Devised from two atmospherically rich photographs taken at the Diversion Tunnel at dusk, arrangements of curved advertising flags display fragmented views of an artificially lit waterfall and an ominous manmade cavern. Installed in various locations throughout downtown, the flags are positioned to recreate the shape and direction of flow from the referent location. While these readymade objects share a certain vernacular with the visual lexicon of Downtown’s commercial environment, they find stark contrast in the content they offer. What exactly is it that these banners advertise? Hopefully, a glimpse into an unseen topology, the experience of personal discovery, or perhaps, the act of exploration itself. Exhibition of the photo-sculptures will culminate with a virtual tour of Turkey Creek performed in Oppenstein Park. Empty space between the flags will be activated for participatory exploration with an immersive soundscape and artifacts gathered at the creek.
What exactly is it that these banners advertise? Hopefully, a glimpse into an unseen topology, the experience of personal discovery, or perhaps, the act of exploration itself. Exhibition of the photo-sculptures will culminate with a virtual tour of Turkey Creek performed in Oppenstein Park. Empty space between the flags will be activated for participatory exploration with an immersive soundscape and artifacts gathered at the creek.
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Location
Performance and installation will be held on Thursday, July 28, from 11:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. in Kirk Hall at the Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th Street.
Bio
Timothy Amundson received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2009, where he studied Photography and Digital Filmmaking, and currently specializes in photography and installation. His recent work investigates the ways that technological acceleration influences our relationship to the landscape, and attempts to carve out a space for complexity, spirituality, and ecological communion, within a planet dominated by the wants and needs of modern humans.
