on view at IndieGrits Columbia, SC April 2015
Beyond Living explores future sites of human development proposed beyond earth –on the craters of the moon, under glass solariums on Mars, in the tops of trees with rivers of glacier water running beneath and perhaps under the hot waters as the earth surface heats and is unable to contain temperate weather. Most of our preoccupation with future human sites is with sustaining basic life functions—growing food, breathing, living comfortably within means. Once these obstacles have been achieved our need for art and connection with extinct earthy environment will emerge. Beyond Living is a project that explores five cultural institutions built to enliven new human living sites. Through a series of five renderings and free souvenir postcards, I will explore the potential interest of these new cultural centers to be built in our new found environments.
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