de Young Artist Studio

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday-Sunday, 1-5 plus Friday Nights 6-8:45 pm.
Artist Reception June 28 6-8:45 pm.

Drainage, running water, steam, sewage treatment, pumping stations, fire-suppression systems, backflow-protection valves, emergency backup water supplies—many of these systems are hidden in plain sight behind closed doors, in basements, or beneath manhole covers that we have walked across countless times. In contemporary society we rely on these expansive engineered networks of steel, brass, cast iron, and PVC in fundamental ways that we sometimes take for granted. The careful observer detects evidence of these complex systems just below and beyond perception, seeing the "tip of the iceberg" of the massive network of infrastructure that is, for most people, out of sight and out of mind.