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Houstonist loves photography — especially when it doesn't involve watching our relatives' slides of their trip to Omaha. So we get really excited when it's time for FotoFest, the biennial event that turns the city into an enormous photo gallery. FotoFest 2006, which opens tomorrow, has two themes: "The Earth" and "Artists Responding to Violence."
"Artificial borders divide the Earth and determine its use. The pathways of human migration are altered as the need for natural resources change. . . . The human imprint is everywhere," FotoFest directors Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss explain about The Earth.And about the violence: "As international warfare and domestic conflicts increase in scale and accessibility, it is essential to give visibility to deeper and alternative forms of analysis and expression. Through the information of personal experience and political history, these works confront both individual and societal violence."
If you haven't been to FotoFest before, go.
The exhibits will be in galleries, nonprofit and corporate spaces and institutions all over Houston, and they're free. You can find a complete list of exhibits and events at the FotoFest 2006 website, but here are a few weekend events to get you started, thanks to the Chronicle:
Friday
• Alfredo Jaar: The Sound of Silence, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, 6 to 8 p.m.
• Bob Bailey: Houston From Behind the Lens, Heritage Society Museum, 1100 Bagby, 6 to 8 p.m.
• Multiple exhibitions at FotoFest headquarters, 1113 Vine, 7 to 9 p.m.
• FotoFest opening night party, Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday
• David A. Brown: It's All Plastic and Beth Block: In Between, Deborah Colton Gallery, 2500 Summer, third floor, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Doug and Mike Starn: Absorption + Transmission, New World Museum, 5230 Center, 7 to 9 p.m.
• Anne Deleporte and Stephen Dean, McClain Gallery, 2242 Richmond, 7 to 9 p.m.
• Delilah Montoya: At the Center of Nepantla, Redbud Gallery, 303 E. 11th, 7 to 9 p.m.
• Miguel Angel Rojas: Points of Facts, Sicardi Gallery, 2246 Richmond, 7 to 9 p.m.
• María Martínez-Cañas: Lies, and Dustograms, by Cañas and Kim Brown, DeSantos Gallery, 1724-A Richmond, 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday
• Re-Constructing Nature, five solo exhibits, Abby Robinson: In Camera and Carol Spencer's Danger Pay: A Female Photojournalist in the Middle East, Allen Center office buildings (500 Dallas, 1200 Smith and 333 Clay), 7 to 9 p.m.
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