The Art, Culture and Science of Exodus
Forging connections through understanding

Human Rights Gallery—center for documentary arts

When The Leonardo opens its doors in 2007, the Center for Documentary Arts space will feature a 5,000 square foot state-of-the-art Human Rights Gallery and Education Center. Exodus serves as a dramatic first exhibit in the Human Rights Gallery program.

Exodus at The Leonardo will be different than in any other venue it has ever visited. The Leonardo will bring its art-culture-science approach to the exhibit, offering visitors the opportunity to experience Exodus from multiple perspectives.

Personal Journeys: Creative Reactions to Exodus—Global Artways

Global Artways, an arts education program and partner in The Leonardo, will allow visitors to respond to the images of Exodus with hands-on art-making activities that bring together Salgado’s compelling images and visitors’ own imaginations. Using copies of Exodus photographs, visitors can create collages and mixed media pieces that interpret the subjects and themes of Salgado’s work, and provide a forum for creative reaction and expression.

The Science and Statistics of Exodus—Utah Science Center

Exodus shows the process and impact of mass human migration through striking visual imagery of individuals and groups. The Utah Science Center, also a partner in The Leonardo, will help visitors experience the issue from a different perspective. The Science Center will present global data on human migration using interactive visualization technologies, allowing visitors to make connections between information and human impact.  The Science Center will also provide a forum where visitors can record their reactions to the exhibit. Through these activities, the Science Center hopes to foster creative, critical and objective thinking and problem solving skills when addressing both global and personal challenges.

See a preview of the Utah Science Center's exhibit »

Global Connections

Visitors to the exhibit will be able to locate themselves, their friends and family, and their community’s impact on a large-scale map. Individuals and groups can place pins and text on the map to show how they fit into the big picture.