MACRO
MACRO, based in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate NY, is a collaborative initiative by curators Camaron Cohen and Rodrigo Guzman-Serrano dedicated to transforming public spaces and urban infrastructure through art exhibitions and installations. By claiming and repurposing billboards and other sites into dynamic art spaces, we challenge traditional perceptions and embed art within the urban fabric in a critical yet accessible way. Our mission is to offer viewers an alternative perspective, blending art into everyday landscapes while sparking meaningful conversations about art, society, and the environment.
Route 13 Open Call
October 2024
Wanda-Marie Rana
Wanda-Marie Rana is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, collage, and sculpture, and engaging deeply with themes of home, memory, and identity. Through her lens, she explores the nuanced effects of presence and absence, reflecting on the complexities of belonging in a world marked by transience. Her photography captures intimate moments and memories, offering viewers a portal into her ever-shifting sense of self and community. Wanda-Marie also investigates the cultural attitudes surrounding civil engineering, infrastructure, and the built environment. Her work delves into the intricate relationship between humans and their constructed landscapes, examining how these frameworks and lasting structures shape our experiences and interactions with the world. This project prompts a critical dialogue about the responsibilities we hold towards our environment and the legacies we leave behind.
Born in Hawaii and raised across multiple states, Wanda’s nomadic upbringing informs her artistic practice, prompting her to question the constructs of home, family, and environment. By weaving together personal narratives with broader cultural dialogues, she creates a space for reflection on the intersections of identity, memory, and our collective relationship with the environment around us. She holds an MFA in Art Photography from Syracuse University; she has exhibited her work at Random Access Gallery and Light Work’s Hallway Gallery. In addition to her artistic endeavors, she currently serves as an Engineer Trainee at the New York State Department of Transportation.
Route 13 Invitational
September 2024
DeCarlo Logan
DeCarlo Logan creates work which uses an interdisciplinary approach combining and moving between painting, video, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and installation art. He dissects social constructions as a means to engage in a conversation deeply rooted in complex internal and external perceptions of race and ethnicity in America. His work captures moments which would otherwise be overlooked or forgotten; providing a space to discover community through shared experience. He investigates the factors which dominate bodies of color by confronting the established perception of Black and Brown communities; creating a dialog to examine dangerous social customs which perpetuate prejudice.
Logan earned his MFA in Studio Art from Purdue University and a BA from Illinois College. He most recently served as a Windgate Artist-in-Residence at SUNY Purchase College and is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Art and Design at Binghamton University.