Allegory for a New Ice Age ...
While in New York in March 2019 for a meeting on climate change, I came across these toy dinosaurs emerging from the melting snow. Although somewhat dystopian, they felt as though they perfectly mirrored the topics under discussion: the Anthropocene; rate of climate change and extreme weather events; what that means for species extinction rates; politics, especially given an apparent global trend toward populist policies; and the impact on future generations.
The environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht’s discussions on solastalgia [the distress felt when your environment changes, but you are unable to leave] are particularly pertinent to human and non-human experiences today, both as they relate to such things as extreme weather events and their effects on habitats and the well-being of inhabitants now and in the future.
This notion of solastalgia and environment increasingly informs the narratives in my work. I am an invited artist/researcher at matralab at Concordia University in Montréal where I delve into these topics as a non-musician visual artist/composer of graphic scores with a group of musicians, composers, scientists, and philosophers on issues related to the Anthropocene. In my studio, I explore how I can express these narratives using a variety of media during my artistic process.
The environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht’s discussions on solastalgia [the distress felt when your environment changes, but you are unable to leave] are particularly pertinent to human and non-human experiences today, both as they relate to such things as extreme weather events and their effects on habitats and the well-being of inhabitants now and in the future.
This notion of solastalgia and environment increasingly informs the narratives in my work. I am an invited artist/researcher at matralab at Concordia University in Montréal where I delve into these topics as a non-musician visual artist/composer of graphic scores with a group of musicians, composers, scientists, and philosophers on issues related to the Anthropocene. In my studio, I explore how I can express these narratives using a variety of media during my artistic process.