The New Geologic Epoch, online exhibition + printed book

"For this exhibition, member artists/scientists illuminate the transformations that have led us to the current human epoch, now referred to as the Anthropocene.

The New Geologic Epoch presents work relating to or commenting on geological transformations in the land including commentary on previous works by Earth or Land artists. The works reference our evolution leading to the precarious situation we find ourselves in today with massive scarring of the planet's surfaces due to mining and the impacts of the built environment with the development of dams, bridges, roads, and sprawling urban cities. Works include a wide range of media with drawings, watercolors, collage, textile, sculpture, ceramic, painting, photography, sound, video, film, installation, performative, and eco-remediation.

The New Geologic Epoch captures the shifting baselines in the landscape, which over time have become the new normal."
- Patricia Watts

The New Geologic Epoch is published in conjunction with the online exhibition organized by ecoartspace ©2023

208 Pages
ISBN: 979-8-9884004-1-7

Juried by Mary Mattingly
Introduction by Patricia Watts
Edited by Patricia Watts
Design by Tyler Owens with Dexin Chen

Artist Statement:

Strata presents a timeline of sorts, and is inspired by ice and sediment core sampling, various geological formations and stratifications, and topographical patterns. The multi panel installation calls to mind glaciers and various land formations, along with conditions created by global warming and climate change, such as melt water, flooding, and endangered areas that I have indicated by the hot orange-pink color, a color that I associate with an emergent situation. Strata is my interpretation of an organizational structure that considers the Anthropocene. My art is rooted in the exploration and representation of landscape inspired by my travel to isolated northern locations and interprets landscape and place as Image, object, and installation. In the studio, I am continually re(de)fining what landscape is, hopefully creating a context that exists somewhere between the real and the imagined, as observations and memories are combined with my research concerning the environment and other critical issues of our time.