{"id":4573,"date":"2021-12-14T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=4573"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:26:21","slug":"from-the-mississippi-watershed-for-exhibit-columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/14\/from-the-mississippi-watershed-for-exhibit-columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mississippi Watershed for Exhibit Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2020-21, I was a photography fellow with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exhibitcolumbus.org\">Exhibit Columbus<\/a>, an architecture and design biennial located in the remarkable mid-century modernist city of Columbus, Indiana. The original project I made for the exhibition was <em>From the Mississippi Watershed<\/em>, an exploration of the vast and varied watershed through the systems that connect it and the ways that people represent themselves in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following photographs are highlights from the project, from which you can see more images in my <a href=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/exhibit_columbus\"><em>From the Mississippi Watershed<\/em> gallery<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: You can also see additional photographs and read interviews about the project in <em>MAS Contex<\/em>t: first, <a href=\"https:\/\/mascontext.com\/observations\/from-the-mississippi-watershed\">a 2022 feature about the biennial project<\/a> and, second, <a href=\"https:\/\/mascontext.com\/observations\/beyond-the-landmarks-a-personal-look-at-columbus-indiana\">a more personal look at Columbus, itself, from 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the installation of From the Mississippi River at Exhibit Columbus.\" class=\"wp-image-4648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386210029_43461a5331_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386477895_6349495748_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the installation of From the Mississippi River at Exhibit Columbus.\" class=\"wp-image-4649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386477895_6349495748_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386477895_6349495748_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/51386477895_6349495748_k-768x512.jpg 768w, 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