The "Young Bay Mud" exhibit, organized by Nidhi Gandhi, features five Bay Area artists using young bay mud to explore ecological themes. Young bay mud refers to a soft, organic sediment found in the San Francisco Bay and other global regions. The exhibit highlights artists like Tanja Geis and Ashwini Bhat, whose works address issues such as climate change and land acknowledgment. Geis's sculptures evoke alarm about rising toxicity and sea levels, emphasizing a connection to the land's history and future.
"Nidhi noticed this kind of thread among different practitioners that she had been in conversations with. She realized that this interest in thinking about the land and the history of San Francisco was a kind of platform, a place to think about climate change, our future and what happens on the actual land that we stand on."
"There's supposed to be a sense of alarm in terms of thinking about the rising toxicity and rising sea levels," says Rodriguez.
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