{"id":92968,"date":"2025-05-13T07:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=92968"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:36:55","slug":"this-was-water-at-dumke-arts-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/this-was-water-at-dumke-arts-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"This was water at Dumke Arts Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ogden<\/span>
May <\/span>16, <\/span>2025 \u2013 <\/span>April <\/span>30, <\/span>2026<\/span>
Public <\/span>Opening: Friday, May 16 (6-8 p.m.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On <\/span>view <\/span>at <\/span>Dumke <\/span>Arts <\/span>Plaza, <\/span>This <\/span>was <\/span>water<\/span><\/em> is <\/span>an <\/span>interactive <\/span>installation <\/span>that <\/span>combines <\/span>sculpture, <\/span>sound, <\/span>and <\/span>video <\/span>to <\/span>reflect <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>precarious <\/span>state <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Great <\/span>Salt <\/span>Lake. <\/span>Created <\/span>by <\/span>artists <\/span>Kellie <\/span>Bornhoft <\/span>and <\/span>Carey <\/span>Campbell, <\/span>the <\/span>work <\/span>draws <\/span>inspiration <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>gypsum <\/span>crystals\u2014<\/span>or \u201c<\/span>dirty <\/span>diamonds\u201d\u2014<\/span>that <\/span>rapidly <\/span>form <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>lakebed <\/span>as <\/span>water <\/span>recedes. <\/span>These <\/span>striking <\/span>forms, <\/span>filled <\/span>with <\/span>clay <\/span>and <\/span>tar, <\/span>serve <\/span>as <\/span>both <\/span>scientific <\/span>marvels <\/span>and <\/span>ominous <\/span>symbols <\/span>of <\/span>ecological <\/span>collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent <\/span>research <\/span>by <\/span>Dr. <\/span>Bonnie <\/span>Baxter <\/span>and <\/span>Paulina <\/span>Martinez-<\/span>Koury <\/span>has <\/span>revealed <\/span>microbial <\/span>life <\/span>within <\/span>these <\/span>crystals. <\/span>In <\/span>this <\/span>installation, <\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>reimagined <\/span>as <\/span>sentient <\/span>witnesses <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>lake\u2019s <\/span>disappearance. <\/span>Each <\/span>sculptural <\/span>mound <\/span>responds <\/span>to <\/span>human <\/span>presence <\/span>using <\/span>lidar <\/span>sensors, <\/span>flickering <\/span>lights, <\/span>and <\/span>responsive <\/span>sound, <\/span>activating <\/span>a <\/span>haunting <\/span>dialogue <\/span>between <\/span>visitors <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>land <\/span>itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Situated <\/span>in <\/span>a <\/span>region <\/span>directly <\/span>impacted <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>lake\u2019s <\/span>desiccation, <\/span>This <\/span>was <\/span>water<\/span><\/em> invites <\/span>urgent <\/span>reflection <\/span>on <\/span>environmental <\/span>fragility, <\/span>embodied <\/span>geology, <\/span>and <\/span>our <\/span>collective <\/span>future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dumke Arts Plaza<\/span>
445 <\/span>25th <\/span>St, <\/span>Ogden, <\/span>UT <\/span>84401<\/span>
Free <\/span>and <\/span>open <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>public, <\/span>outdoors <\/span>year-<\/span>round<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OgdenMay 16, 2025 \u2013 April 30, 2026Public Opening: Friday, May 16 (6-8 p.m.)\u00a0 On view at Dumke Arts Plaza, This was water is an interactive installation that combines sculpture, sound, and video to reflect on the precarious state of the Great Salt Lake. Created by artists Kellie Bornhoft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":92969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","category-to_the_north"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-13-at-8.30.38-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 12:38:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92968"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92974,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92968\/revisions\/92974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}