Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill December 22, 2010

Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is a means of gas extraction that accesses gas trapped more than a mile below the earth's surface. This exhibition, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), will expose this process of gas extraction that is allegedly contaminating water supplies worldwide. Through documentary videos, photographs, commissioned works, public responses and literature, it will engage the public in dialogue on this issue through public lectures and calls to action and encourage audiences to continue educating themselves and their communities on fracking and its detrimental effects. Exit Art invited the public to respond to the issue of fracking by submitting a postcard through the mail with original artwork on one side and a written statement on the other. The dozens of responses received will be on view, forming a collective call to end fracking; postcards will be accepted throughout the run of the exhibition and will be added as they are received.