Future Artifact series

 

Future Artifact series

The artificial and the natural have an ambiguous but inevitable relationship in the present and into the future.  The artificial is the result of humankind’s ingenuity and ability to transform the natural.  The Future Artifact series explores questions such as; at what point does retransformation occur?  When does litter and waste become artifact?  Is humanity destroying nature or simply participating in its perpetual cycles of change and transmutation?  There is little doubt that we affect change upon the natural environment. As a species our influence and impact on the planet is forceful and obvious however the relationships can be subtle.  From bacteria to whales, we share the planet with a myriad of organisms.  The processes of evolution and extinction have existed since the amoeba.  How do we move through time in a symbiosis with our biological neighbours?  What will be our legacy?  

 
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