Yang Yi: Uprooted
The Three Gorges Dam project along the Yangtze River in the Hubei province of China is the world’s largest engineering and construction site and has displaced over 1.2 million people and destroyed 11 cities. Once completed, the resulting 400 mile long reservoir will supply enough water to generate 84 billion kilowatts-per-hour of electricity. This project has been the at the center of much controversy, as well as the subject for many artists, perhaps most notably Edward Burtynsky.
Called “Uprooted,” the series is now on view at
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