Interconnected Online Exhibition
- Online Exhibition opened January 1, 2021
Featured Artists
Christina Conklin, Silvia Cored, Hugo Crosthwaite, Cynthia Fusillo, Michele Guieu, Kathryn Howard, Terri Hughes-Oelrich, Pascal Ken, Addy Lyon, Laurence Malherbe, Quin de la Mer, Eric Meyer, Michele Montjoy, Nuzart, Cristian Pietrapiana, Priyanka Rana, Pascale Rousseau, Sailev, Ivan Sigg, Mercedes Uribe, Marcela Villaseñor, Virgile, Lotte Van De Walle
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Saiga Antelope
Digital image
- Virgile
Inter Connected
Ink drawings, cut out, hollowed out, and digitally layered.
- Eric Meyer
Talisman
Mixed media
3"×4.5"
- Lotte Van De Walle
When it’s over, let’s eat pie
Painted sign
- Kathryn Howard
The Roots
Digital photograph
- Marcela Villaseñor
30 leaves connected by Autumn
Digital photography
- Ivan Sigg
Archipelago
Branches and repurposed yarn
- Michele Guieu
Who Can We Help?
Mixed media collage of monoprint with still shots of Yilei in my paper dress stitched with the words “Who Can Help Us” – “Who Can We Help” & stenciled leaves.
- Cynthia Fusillo
All in the Same Boat
Mixed media on paper
20”x16”
- Cristian Pietrapiana
Threatened Species in British Columbia Coast
Collage 11″ x 17″
- Terri Hughes-Oelrich
Tideline as Timeline: San Mateo
cloth, paper 50” x 20”
- Christina Conklin
Riu
Mixed-Media – natural soil pigments and Indigo tinctoria mixed with egg2m x 3m
- Silvia Cored
Interconnected
Engraving on photosensitive film
- Laurence Malherbe
Someday
Embroidery on a vintage hankie, 12” square
- Michele Montjoy
Spread Love (detail)
The drawings and prints in this book (11” x 8”) were created throughout 2020 and reflect some emotions and feelings this year has brought to my thoughts.
- Addy Lyon
Dibujos de Cuarentena parte 14 Quarantine drawing sketchbook part 14
- Hugo Crosthwaite
Waking
Experimental film
- Quin de la Mer
Everything is connected
Digital animation
- Nuzart
Poetry of Time
Installation, digital photograph
- Priyanka Rana
Rearview (100 Astronauts), detail
Installation (plaster, wood, and mirror)
4’ x 4’
- Priyanka Rana
Otafuku, the Japanese goddess of Mirth
Drawing on a bean (length: 24mm)
- Pascale Rousseau
We have created an extremely globalized world where people and goods travel intensively, enabling Covid-19 to quickly spread and alter the human experience across the globe. The world stood still, and we realized how much we need the people who take care of our health, our food, and how much we value the connection with those around us. Being unable to spend time with friends, family and community has made us ponder the importance of our connections. We’ve learned the immense value of a simple touch, a smile, or a hug. We are learning the importance of our relationships and the interconnectedness we have across the globe.
The world is facing a poly-crisis, in which climate change is a monumental challenge. We already see its consequences all around the globe. Hurricanes intensify, forests burn, ice caps are melting, the ocean is acidifying, biodiversity is in free fall, inequalities are growing. By over-using the natural world and consuming nature’s resources as if they were unlimited and creating exponential pollution and waste, we are cutting the very branch we are sitting on.
The story we are told: consume more to be happier, is incompatible with living in harmony with our planet. Even if we could switch to renewable energy easily, it would not solve the fundamental problem we have: our entire system is based on economic growth. And economic growth is the measure of the destruction of nature.
But other stories are possible, stories where communities interconnect with the natural world in a respectful way, sharing Earth resources and space with other species. A world where humans do not take over every single wild space on this small planet. Understanding our vital interconnections with the natural world will make us understand why we need to limit ourselves to maintain a livable planet.