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An art exhibition currently on view at the National Hispanic Cultural Center takes a critical look at New Mexico鈥檚 nuclear past while examining the ongoing impact of nuclear technologies on human health and the environment. Organized in collaboration with the nonpartisan advocacy group Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, 鈥淣uclear Past, Present and Future: Art in Action鈥� runs through Jan. 24, 2027.

鈥淭he exhibition showcases artworks by artists who are from impacted communities, (including) those impacted by the Trinity test and their family members,鈥� Jadira Gurul茅, co-curator, said. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 also looking at works by artists who are engaged in the topic of the nuclear industry and its impact here in New Mexico, nationally and internationally, as well.鈥�

An earlier version of the exhibition, titled 鈥淭rinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing 鈥� A People鈥檚 Perspective,鈥� was presented at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces in 2023. Mary Martinez White, a volunteer advocate with the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, spearheaded that project and co-curated the current one.

鈥淚 was born and raised in Tularosa, where we have experienced many, many cancers, including in my immediate family, so that鈥檚 the inspiration for the exhibition,鈥� Martinez White said. 鈥溾�� My mom died of metastasized cancer, my dad died of leukemia, my oldest sister of metastasized cancer. We just lost her daughter from metastasized cancer in June. I have a brother who is a lung cancer survivor, a sister who鈥檚 a breast cancer survivor and another sister who鈥檚 a uterine cancer survivor, and then three siblings with muscular degenerative autoimmune disorders. All of these are radiogenic, meaning they can be caused by exposure to radiation.鈥�

The first part of the NHCC exhibition includes photographs of Downwinders, the term for people like Martinez White and her family, who live downwind from nuclear testing sites where the health risks from fallout are the greatest.

鈥淲e have quite a bit of photographic portraiture in the exhibition, (including photographs by) 鈥� Sophie Hecht, Reto Sterchi and Emmitt Booher, who worked really closely with the Downwinders,鈥� Gurul茅 said. 鈥淎nd you鈥檒l notice, if you have an opportunity to read the artist statements on the labels, that there鈥檚 a great deal of storytelling around those individual stories.鈥�

In addition, 鈥淣uclear Past, Present and Future鈥� includes paintings, sculptures, installations and new media works by internationally renowned artists, such as Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo), Will Wilson (Din茅), Patrick Nagatani and Pedro Reyes.

All together, there are 60 artworks in the show by 32 artists. All of the artists are dealing with the serious issue of nuclear contamination, but approaching it from different angles. Some of the works are even playful.

鈥淥ne of the unique ones is MacKenzie Cordova鈥檚 video game piece,鈥� Gurul茅 said. 鈥溾�� She created an actual video game that you can visit a website to play. 鈥� Essentially, it asks you to be an investigative journalist. You hear about these radioactive creatures, you have to go investigate and then at the end it asks you the question of whether or not you鈥檙e going to publish your findings. It鈥檚 playful. It鈥檚 accessible. 鈥� But it still has that element of asking you what you鈥檙e going to do.鈥�

Taos-based artist Ser铆t deLopaz Kotowski鈥檚 鈥淪acred Trust: BROKEN鈥� is an installation featuring two sets of ceramic dinnerware with grotesque, pockmarked surfaces. One is yellow, the other green. The yellow represents a uranium concentrate called yellowcake, and the green alludes to the radioactive green glass that formed during the Trinity bomb test.

鈥淪he is utilizing these things that are commonplace in our homes (cups and plates) that we use to nourish our bodies, but in this case they are unsuspectingly toxic,鈥� Gurul茅 said. 鈥淥ne of the details in the work that I find really effective is the way she has the cups balancing right on the edge of the shelves. It adds a level of anxiety as you walk by it. Is it going to fall? Is it going to break? I think it鈥檚 a really effective way to draw out that emotion.鈥�

The exhibition ends on a hopeful note with a large, delicate paper piece by Sarah Nguyen. Long scrolls of white kraft paper hang from the ceiling, and Nguyen has cut them into the shape of trees with thin, lacy branches. Nguyen has also hand-cut hundreds of pink paper flowers, inviting visitors to write their wishes for the future on them. They will later be added to the installation.

鈥淚 really appreciate Sarah Nguyen鈥檚 piece at the end, which is referencing the impact of the bombs in Japan, but she鈥檚 also asking people to consider what it is that they want to cultivate for the future,鈥� Gurul茅 said. 鈥溾�� I think there鈥檚 a hopeful element but also a reflective element. If you went through this exhibition, hopefully you learned something or experienced something different through the work of the artists. So, as you get ready to leave the exhibition, what does it mean to reflect on those stories? What does it mean for the choices you鈥檒l make in the future?鈥�

 Logan Royce Beitmen is an arts writer for the 近距离内射合集. He covers visual art, music, fashion, theater and more. Reach him at lbeitmen@abqjournal.com or on Instagram at .