Recognizing the major impact of human industry on Earth’s ecosystems, American biologist Eugene Stoermer coined the word “anthropocene” in the 1980s. The term was popularized in 2000 when Nobel prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen argued that the massive alterations to the globe that began in the late 1700s constituted a new geological epoch. Scientists currently debate whether this epoch should be recognized, but there is no doubt that, should humans vanish, clear geological signs of our presence would surely remain.
anthropoScene is a multi-faceted exhibition that features 11 artists who engage with the environment and environmental themes in multiple mediums, including video, sculpture, photography, painting, organic materials, and found objects. Deborah Mitchell, Executive Director of AIRIE and curator of the exhibition, says “It is important to expose the community to the interpretation of artists whose work addresses the vast concept of an anthropogenic era. When science and art collide an exciting atmosphere emerges which inspires discovery and growth. This project is set apart from other exhibitions due to the dynamic workshop offered by these innovative thinkers.”
Artists include: Xavier Cortada, who used a microscope to capture the image of a diatom from samples used by scientists at FIU’s Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) to study the ecology of the Everglades and sea level rise. In the digital art piece, the artist's diatoms hover over a layer of images (Cortada captured using Google maps) showing the artificial canals and lakes created to develop parcels of developable land where the River of Grass once flowed. Daniel Dickinson, whose installation, “Wind-Chime,” uses instrumentation to generate a wind-modulated sound palette; poet Brenna Dixon, a native Floridian whose work engages with the state’s ecosystems; Daniel Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc, whose video “Flow: Big Waters,” meditates upon the ongoing impacts of passing human populations on the natural environment of the Everglades; Felice Grodin and Noel Palacios, whose work currently experiments with synthetic samplings of patterns that are reversed and fossilized in transparent material. Dana Levy’s photographs, "Animal Masks," investigate the relationship between the wild and man-made. Lucinda Linderman, with a background in biology, reclaims industrial materials in her biomorphic sculptures; Deborah Mitchell’s installation explores the sense of place that humans have claimed in the Everglades and their effect on nature with “Migration and Rising Seas”. Photographer and essayist Susan Silas’s piece, “The Specimen Drawer,” reflects on the Nature/Culture dichotomy with images taken at the South Florida Collections Management Center, while Skip Snow’s maps of urban walks layer native and imaginary species over the built environment. Keith Waddington’s recent paintings, photographs, and video works "ask" participants to reflect on perception of their surrounding space and their beliefs on minor and major concepts, theories and issues of our time.
There will be a related panel discussion and workshops on March 4.
Please register for events
through the Contact tab above. For information, call 305.284.8519 or email g.maranto@miami.edu.
anthropoScene is a multi-faceted exhibition that features 11 artists who engage with the environment and environmental themes in multiple mediums, including video, sculpture, photography, painting, organic materials, and found objects. Deborah Mitchell, Executive Director of AIRIE and curator of the exhibition, says “It is important to expose the community to the interpretation of artists whose work addresses the vast concept of an anthropogenic era. When science and art collide an exciting atmosphere emerges which inspires discovery and growth. This project is set apart from other exhibitions due to the dynamic workshop offered by these innovative thinkers.”
Artists include: Xavier Cortada, who used a microscope to capture the image of a diatom from samples used by scientists at FIU’s Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) to study the ecology of the Everglades and sea level rise. In the digital art piece, the artist's diatoms hover over a layer of images (Cortada captured using Google maps) showing the artificial canals and lakes created to develop parcels of developable land where the River of Grass once flowed. Daniel Dickinson, whose installation, “Wind-Chime,” uses instrumentation to generate a wind-modulated sound palette; poet Brenna Dixon, a native Floridian whose work engages with the state’s ecosystems; Daniel Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc, whose video “Flow: Big Waters,” meditates upon the ongoing impacts of passing human populations on the natural environment of the Everglades; Felice Grodin and Noel Palacios, whose work currently experiments with synthetic samplings of patterns that are reversed and fossilized in transparent material. Dana Levy’s photographs, "Animal Masks," investigate the relationship between the wild and man-made. Lucinda Linderman, with a background in biology, reclaims industrial materials in her biomorphic sculptures; Deborah Mitchell’s installation explores the sense of place that humans have claimed in the Everglades and their effect on nature with “Migration and Rising Seas”. Photographer and essayist Susan Silas’s piece, “The Specimen Drawer,” reflects on the Nature/Culture dichotomy with images taken at the South Florida Collections Management Center, while Skip Snow’s maps of urban walks layer native and imaginary species over the built environment. Keith Waddington’s recent paintings, photographs, and video works "ask" participants to reflect on perception of their surrounding space and their beliefs on minor and major concepts, theories and issues of our time.
There will be a related panel discussion and workshops on March 4.
Please register for events
through the Contact tab above. For information, call 305.284.8519 or email g.maranto@miami.edu.
Exhibition March 4 - 24 CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
Panel Discussion March 4 9am-12pm Ungar Building 230 C/D. 1365 Memorial Drive
Lunch/Gallery Tour March 4 12:30-1:30 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
Workshops March 4 2-5 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
Opening Reception March 4 5:30-7:30 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
anthropoScene is a semester-long exploration of this new era sponsored by the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy and the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Miami with participation by Artists in Residence in the Everglades.
Panel Discussion March 4 9am-12pm Ungar Building 230 C/D. 1365 Memorial Drive
Lunch/Gallery Tour March 4 12:30-1:30 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
Workshops March 4 2-5 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
Opening Reception March 4 5:30-7:30 pm CAS Gallery. 1210 Stanford Drive. Coral Gables, FL
anthropoScene is a semester-long exploration of this new era sponsored by the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy and the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Miami with participation by Artists in Residence in the Everglades.
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