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Collin Douma Artist Installation In-Person
Nature encompasses everything in the universe except us. Are we on the wrong side?
United Fauna, an exhibition of contemporary surrealist works, juxtaposes animal imagery
with bizarre, off-scale machinery and technology as animals attempt to save
themselves from humans. While nature won’t retaliate in such a fantastical manner,
the severe consequences of our inaction on climate change are genuine.
We aren’t blind to the signs; we stay perpetually distracted from them. Why fret
over shrinking ice sheets when Flat Earthers insist the world is “fine”? We’re told to look
up at the “toxic chemtrails” but look away from the sun being blocked out by the
smoke of relentless wildfires. By the two main measures—species decline and loss of
biodiversity—we are in the Earth’s sixth mass extinction period. What kind of world are we
leaving for our kids? Headlines focus more on the lasting effects of drag queen story
hour on the next generation than on the inexorable force of nature that’s headed this
way.
With no quarterly projections to make or congressional districts to win, nature doesn’t
concern itself with anything, especially us.Why? After humans are gone, it has an
eternity to recover.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Art Space
- Audience:
- All Ages
- Categories:
- Artist Exhibit