MARCH 9, 2017 // 3
Photographer investigates what U.S. residents, refugees have in common
ASTORIA — LightBox
Photographic Gallery opens
“The Refugees’ Dreams”
with an artist reception from
5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March
11. This series of photo-
montages by artist Friderike
Heuer is dedicated to those
fl eeing their war-torn coun-
tries and to those helping
refugees settle.
Heuer will give an artist
talk about the series at 4
p.m. Saturday, immediately
before the opening. Call
LightBox at 503-468-0238
for reserved seating.
Heuer’s current project
consists of three parts: “On
Transience” explored the
transient psychological
states of immigrants and
refugees; “The Refugees’
Dreams” is focused on what
residents and those seeking
shelter in the United States
have in common. The third
part (working title “Tran-
sit”) is in progress and
tackles America’s dual re-
lationship with mobility —
citizens cherish their own
mobility, but some want to
deny it to those crossing
U.S. borders.
“As an immigrant my-
self, I am aware of the dif-
fi culties adjusting to a new
culture, a new language, the
loss of what was and the
obstacles to integration,”
Heuer says. “I can only
imagine how much harder
it is when these changes are
forced by the need to escape
war zones without being
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“Looking for Jobs,” a photomontage by Friderike Heuer.
welcome somewhere else.
“My work tries to ad-
dress these issues by focus-
ing on what we all have in
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common: a desire for peace,
for absence of harm, for a
future that allows our chil-
dren to grow and prosper,”
Heuer continues. “Being
aware of what unites rather
than separates us from those
seeking asylum might di-
minish the distance between
us. Perhaps it will help us to
get involved in fi nding solu-
tion to the refugee crisis.
That is the hope, at least.”
Trained initially as a
trial attorney, Heuer shifted
careers and immigrated to
the U.S. from Germany
in 1981. After receiving a
Ph.D. from the New School
for Social Research in New
York in experimental psy-
chology, she taught visual
perception, cognition and
social psychology at both
the graduate and undergrad-
uate levels for 15 years.
She now is working as
a full-time artist, and her
work is primarily con-
cerned with issues of jus-
tice, both historically and
in contemporary settings,
and the consequences of
exile and emigration. Her
recent work has explored
the actual and emotional
results of displacement
(“Fugue,” “On Tran-
sience,” “Affirmation &
Negation”) and the conse-
quences of reckless politi-
cal and economic decision
making (“Free Fall”) and
war (“The Armed Man”).
For more information, visit
www.friderikeheuer.com
The exhibit runs from
March 11 through April 4.
LightBox is located at 1045
Marine Drive.