A selection
of images from the series Orders of Entropy, of American
Civil War and WWII ships from public sources. In this series,
these images are considered thermo/chemical or natural/anthropocene*
structures, in different ‘states’ of extraction,
transformation and dissolution within nature. They were first
shown as part of the installation, Thermodynamics
of Silence, at Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco,
CA, February 2006.
*The
term “anthropocene” (anthrop + holocene) is related
to “anthroturbation,” a term developed in conversation
with the geophysicist, Paul Spudich, that has been an ongoing
theme in my work: |
Cities,
architecture, roads and other civic constructions made by
mankind of earth
materials during our Epoch (the Holocene) may be considered
in a geologic context as forms of ‘anthroturbation.’This
term describes the disturbance, dislocation and restructuring
of geologic formations and materials by human agencies
into new forms. These processes have analogies in the natural
world, such
as: mining as erosion, transport as flow and construction
as sedimentation. Likewise, the built topography of a city
can
be understood in geomorphic terms: streets as canyons,
buildings
as plateaus, sewers as caves and plazas as playas. From
the artist’s
statement for Holocene Terrace,
in the solo exhibition, “Morphology of Change,” Lance
Fung Gallery, NY, NY, 1999
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