THE PROTECTED AND THE UNPROTECTED
For the last decade my work has explored the relationship between new technologies, the simulated world and the disappearing natural landscape. My attraction to the use of beeswax, bronze, pigments, and cement, is not only appealing for its tactile quality; but symbolically conveys a reference to hermetically sealing the image from reality, suggesting the desire to protect the vulnerable and the need to adapt.
The ecological crisis has created new forms of inequality. The interconnectedness between social inequalities and the environment; can no longer be denied.
The ability for humans to deplete natural resources at an alarming rate has contributed to inequality, regarding who will be -the protected.
The struggle to balance -protecting the unspoiled and allowing for human progress, seems to highlight the need to rethink our place in the world. However, it may most likely be –technology that will contribute to preserving or replicating the natural world.
Who will be the protected or the unprotected-will take center stage, regarding the struggle to balance- protecting the unspoiled landscape and allowing for human progress, in a reimagined world.
Shauna Peck