Opening: Audra Wolowiec: Water Radio

Audra Wolowiec: Water Radio
March 1 – May 9, 2025
Reception: Saturday, March 1, 5-8pm, with artist talk at 6:30pm

CO-OPt Research + Projects presents Water Radio, a solo exhibition of work by New York-based artist Audra Wolowiec created with contributions from Texas Tech University students from across the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Wolowiec’s new sound installation and notational scores respond to the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest in the United States and our region’s primary source for water. A subterranean water table formed by layers of porous material and spanning eight states, the Ogallala Aquifer creates its own aqueous boundary, and is rapidly depleting. Through a series of participatory workshops and interviews, Water Radio adopts an embodied approach to understanding our entanglement with the water table, inviting participants to respond to our complex relationships with water—how we are connected to water, and how water connects us.

The sound installation will be aired on CO-OPt’s low-power radio station KOOP, transmitted from the gallery into public space.

Woloweic’s residency at Texas Tech is supported with funds from the Ryla T. & John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts administered through the TTU School of Art.