Changing Horizons explores climate change, virtually and through forest creatures
Burnaby Art Council’s new group show highlights art and our ecological imprint
Local artist Nickie Lewis makes mythical creatures like Mama Emerald out of twigs, sticks, and twine. Photo by Luke Szczepanski
Changing Horizons: Art and Our Ecological Footprint is on view to March 6.
CHANGING HORIZONS: ART and Our Ecological Footprint, on view to March 6, is a virtual exhibition featuring 15 local artists’ original works, including mythical forest creatures that can also been seen in real life.
The Burnaby Art Council exhibition explores how art can be used to shape our experiences and beliefs around climate change. Laara Cerman contributes chromogenic prints from her Codex Pacificus series; Jake Collinge offers illustrative digital art; and Nickie Lewis of the Wizard’s Makery shares fantastical sculptures made out of twigs, sticks, and twine. Photos of Lewis’s forest creatures are included in the online show, while the actual works can be found throughout Robert Burnaby Park.
Laara Cerman’s FAMILY: ERICACEAE. (GAULTHERIA SHALLON) SALAL, chromogenic print, 2019.
David Righton, Aaron Tong, Jennie Johnston, Valerie Durant, Cath Hughes, Eunju Hong, Katie Rodgers, Su Chen Wu, Ray Maichin, Kristin Man, Ron Simmer, Abhisek Mukherjee also share their take on the natural world and way we might save it.
More information is at Burnaby Arts Council.
Jake Collinge’s Future Memorial' (Endangered animals of North America), digital.
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