An important subtext of this project is prompted by the materiality of stone and the concept of water. There's an implied interplay of the two in terms of glaciation and how the landscape was formed over millennia of geologic scraping and metamorphic formation. That we're now dealing with a glacial retreat happening in a matter of decades due to anthropogenic climate change is something that deserves attention.
As a lasting landmark, what will the flume element have to say about this particular moment, in terms of human, biologic and geologic history? How do we want to mark this occasion? An ode to past civilizations? A contemporary take on sustainable infrastructure? Or a message to an unknown future?
A few thoughts running through my mind today...
http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/Bill.htm
As a lasting landmark, what will the flume element have to say about this particular moment, in terms of human, biologic and geologic history? How do we want to mark this occasion? An ode to past civilizations? A contemporary take on sustainable infrastructure? Or a message to an unknown future?
A few thoughts running through my mind today...
http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/Bill.htm
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