Associate Professor of Photography Tristan Cai opened a solo exhibition, "Imagined Spectres," at the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, Kefalonia, Greece. The exhibition showcases the imagined landscapes of primordial earth and the much-hyped sightings of pink snow in alpine environments. Cai presents these wondrous phenomena with large-scale photographs as well as an immersive video installation of the microscopic world of red algae cells obtained from a single drop of melted snow.
The project also highlights the media hubris around science reporting, characterized by sensationalizing and weaponizing scientific discoveries. This project is made possible with funding from the Pandion haliaetus professorship. The exhibition opened July 16 and runs through August 31.
