Anthropocene; the Present I, v, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12
Anthropocene; the Present I, vi, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12
Anthropocene; the Present I, iv, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12
Anthropocene; the Present I, ii, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12
Anthropocene; the Present I, iii, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12
Anthropocene; the Present I, i, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12
Public Art Installation of Anthropocene; the Present I, King Edward Skytrain, 2019, via InTransit BC & Capture Photography Festival
Installation details
Anthropocene; the Present I, v, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12This circular artwork the depicts a clearcut forest and the aftermath of a logging site, photographed on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The contemporary artwork was created by local climate artist, Desirée Patterson, with attempts to illustrate one of the largest driving forces behind global climate change and the current geological epoch of the Anthropocene. Forestry is one of the largest industries in the Vancouver based artist’s home of Western Canada, and she has witnessed many devastating scenes of deforestation while traveling within her province. These landscapes have always impacted Patterson deeply, and she felt it important to create a visual representing the vast aftermath from harvesting trees.
Anthropocene; the Present I, vi, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12Photographic series that depicts our current geological epoch of the Anthropocene. Vancouver artist and climate activist, Desiree Patterson, created this body of work to encourage dialogue around our changing climate and remind us of our culpability in the rapid change of many of Earth’s eco systems. Anthropocene; the Present I, vi, represents industry, depicting a shoreline pulp mill and the natural world as a backdrop. The circular images in this series, feed into themselves like an ouroboros, symbolizing introspection, and the infinite cycle of creation and destruction.
Anthropocene; the Present I, iv, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12To represent the urbanization of more than half our species, which is a key contributor to anthropocenic change, contemporary artist, Desirée Patterson, created this circular, urban artwork from her captures in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is the most densely populated city on Earth, and urban spread dominates the planes of this island nation. The modern artwork features buildings and architecture protruding out of the center and expanding around, like a globe.
Anthropocene; the Present I, ii, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12Power lines feed into themselves in this circular, climate inspired art work by environmental artist Desirée Patterson. The Vancouver based artist wanted to address the growing demands for hydro electric energy.Vast fields of power lines frequent many areas of British Columbia. Urban, rural and even remote regions have abundant towers lining wild landscapes. The artist has grown up looking at power lines most of her life; always with a fascination of their presence and now, of their subjective symbolism. This web-like, contemporary artwork was created to question our energy consumption, a main contributor to our changing climates and challenge the forms of supposedly green technologies, with the un-marketed truths about the environmental devastation caused by hydro damning.
Anthropocene; the Present I, iii, 36x36 inches, limited edition of 12Anthropocene; the Present I, iii, depicts an ocean freighter in the bay Vancouver. This composition represents consumerism within Vancouver-based artist, Desirée Patterson’s climate inspired series. Desirée photographed this composition while sailing out of Vancouver’s English Bay. This bay serves as a busy anchorage for commercial vessels waiting to access the Port of Vancouver. As a resident of the beach district, she looks upon these tankers daily; often pondering what the bay would look like without their presence.The connection of wanting environmental conservation, yet remaining a consumer in an urban environment, is a conflicting duality that challenges her personally, and one that she often strive to address within my work.
Anthropocene; the Present I, i, 24x24 inches, limited edition of 12This circular artwork features Manhattan Beach, located in Los Angeles, California, USA. Climate artist and activist, Desirée Patterson, saw the contrasting landscape of an active oil refinery and public beach, from afar and felt compelled to explore the juxtaposed coastline.Desiree spent a full day observing this site and she found it astonishing how the people enjoying the beach were able to go about their recreation with this ominous oil refinery looming in the background. It lead her to think about specie adaptation and how humans are slowly growing accustom to accept Anthropocenic landscapes.The vancouver based artist created this artwork to address our growing demands for fossil fuel energies, their extraction and refining processes, which is the number one contributor to climate change and the age of the Anthropocene. It’s renders an almost playful composition, contrasted with realities of our future and environmental degradation.
Public Art Installation of Anthropocene; the Present I, King Edward Skytrain, 2019, via InTransit BC & Capture Photography FestivalPublic art installation of Anthropoece; the Present I, on the facade of King Edward Skytrain Station in Vancouver, BC. Local, climate artist, Desirée Patterson created this unique circular layout of her climate change series for a six month public art installation rendering as a large scale mural at this busy transit station.Apart of Capture Photography Festival and InTransit BC, in 2019.
Installation detailsA close up photograph of the public art installation of Anthropoece; the Present I, on the facade of King Edward Skytrain Station in Vancouver, BC. Local, climate artist, Desirée Patterson created this unique circular layout of her climate change series for a six month public art installation rendering as a large scale mural at this busy transit station. Apart of Capture Photography Festival and InTransit BC, in 2019.
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