Plights

This collection of works are driven by the plights of endangered animals and other living beings whose current predicaments underscore how urbanism, infoglut, and virtual reality threaten all living organisms.
As she see’s it, living beings are disappearing in large part because of climate change. Climate change is happening at a faster pace than ever, largely due to urbanism. Mass urbanism is enabled by technology. Ultimately, technology is overloading humanity with information, filtering experiences and removing us further and further away from nature.
An important part of her process is finding the calm amidst the chaos.
The meticulously drawn clusters of symbols and binary code (ones and zeroes) weave through her work. They serve as a reminder of the human impact on all life on the planet.
While technology connects us all, it will consume us, filter our experiences, and keep us out of touch with nature if we don’t use it in a balanced way.  If we aren’t careful, she worries virtual reality could be all we have left!
Balancing our use of technology with our behaviors will be key to preserving our planet and our experience on it.
The clutter of symbols also parallel mnemonics with amnesia; an idea inspired by a universal feeling of information overload, oftentimes resulting in memory lapse.

Find out HERE what  endangered species means.
My most recent blog post about this collection HERE