So my previous post is what I'd consider a primary reason for the selection of stone as my medium for this project. Stone stands the test of time and acts as a marker for climatic and geologic change. As Walter Benjamin put it so succinctly in Art and the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: 'Art remains, the world vanishes...'
But I'd like to offer another, more optimistic reading...
Perhaps the world that is vanishing is our old, out-dated industrial model based on fossil fuel exploitation. Maybe this sculptural stone row with its fossilized imprints, angular seating and ephemeral words writ in water marks a new chapter in the anthropocene. A time when we begin to recognize our common humanity and kinship with all living things on this precious blue orb.
To chart this new path, we must reduce our collective imprint...
But I'd like to offer another, more optimistic reading...
Perhaps the world that is vanishing is our old, out-dated industrial model based on fossil fuel exploitation. Maybe this sculptural stone row with its fossilized imprints, angular seating and ephemeral words writ in water marks a new chapter in the anthropocene. A time when we begin to recognize our common humanity and kinship with all living things on this precious blue orb.
To chart this new path, we must reduce our collective imprint...
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