Lost Waters is a multi-disciplinary exhibition by Brad E. Rose that uses experimental sound composition, visual art, and installation to explore various bodies of water in Northeast Oklahoma which have been ruined through recklessness, pollution, and restriction. Lost Waters encourages the audience to consider how our actions and belief systems are impacting our physical and sonic environments while contributing to climate collapse.
Lost Waters began in 2019 as the Tulsa Water Project from a phone recording of McBirney Spring, and considerations around ownership of such an important, historical natural landmark. From there, the project expanded and evolved through different iterations before reaching its final form with this intermedia exhibition.
Lost Waters opens on October 11th from 5 – 8 PM at “ROOMS” Annex in Tulsa (with additional gallery hours on October 12 from 12 – 4 PM and by appointment), with support from Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
Cyanotype on watercolor postcard
Edition of 104.
Future Topographies presents imaginary potential landscapes. As postcards are purchased and removed, possible futures are diminished through our actions, and the installation changes.
Multimedia collage on reclaimed wood
The unintended consequences of intentional actions.
Archival print mounted on birch plywood with unearthed rocks.
Assemblages on reclaimed wood
Without water, what is left?
In order: Dripping Springs Branch #1, Keystone Lake, McBirney Spring, Mayes County, & Dripping Springs Branch #2.
Locations Recorded
McBirney Spring – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Polecat Creek – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nickel Creek – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Canadian River – Eufaula, Oklahoma
Arkansas River – Ponca City, Oklahoma
Keystone Lake – Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Dripping Springs Branch – Natural Falls State Park, Oklahoma
Groundwater Well – Mayes County, Oklahoma
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