Denison: Exhibition Talk with Abram Kaplan

The Denison Museum welcomes Abram Kaplan, associate professor of environmental science, to discuss his exhibit titled "Lumen," part of a photographic project that interrogates the idea of transition. The images are the result of many hours spent at the Conesville Power Plant, which provides electricity for Denison, Granville, and approximately one million other central Ohio consumers. Hence, the title "Lumen," which is the unit of measurement for light emitted by a source - a typical light bulb might produce about 500 lumens. Conesville is a coal-fired facility, an icon of the fossil fueled world we currently inhabit. Transition as a concept highlights many challenges we confront, such as climate change, economic injustice, racial divides, and gender inequality. "Lumen" explores these larger issues and the interactions of people and place in visual terms. The exhibit runs from October 24 until December 16. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.