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www.harn.ufl.edu Cross-Currents in Recent Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity June17, 2008 - September 7, 2008 Cross-Currents presents recent video installations by five international artists with ties to Africa: Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi (with Robert Hutter), Moataz Nasr and Berni Searle. The artworks are large-scale with two of the works being projected on three screens measuring as large as 40 feet wide by 9 feet tall. Challenging and thought-provoking, each work on display uses water as a symbol for many concepts including family, identity, violence and spiritual transformation. The flow of water creates passages, but also erodes. Water is in a perpetual state of change and refuses containment. This description of water can be compared to the blending and dissolving of categories of race, identity, cultural heritage and a coherent family structure. Organized by Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center. This exhibition is made possible locally by the Talking Phone Book <http://www.talkingphonebook.com/wdpsearch/businesssearch.htm> with additional support from the Sidney Knight Endowment. David E. Bruderly, PE Bruderly Engineering Associates, Inc. 920 SW 57th Drive Gainesville, Florida 32607-3838 352-377-0932 www.cleanpowerengineering.com <http://www.cleanpowerengineering.com/> http://www.bruderly.com/about.php