Im/memorial
Failure #5 in the Series for Songbirds & Pollinators
Sandscape Experiment #1
Sandscape Experiment #2
In 2020, I read an article about 100,000's of songbirds on their migration falling out of the sky dead from starvation in the mid west. Scientists said the cause of their starvation was due to climate change. I started the Failure series as a way to pay tribute to these birds, who are insectivores and berry eaters, thinking that pesticides used in big AG farming contributed to the loss of their food supply. My work is increasingly about the failure of the human race to live in harmony with each other and the place we still must call home. #5 references #1, a spinning animation toy I am the the Canary. Chemically sensitive since birth, I portend environmental hazards will cause ill health to humans and disaster to our planet.
The sandscapes I photograph are as ephemeral as our once seemingly stable existence on planet earth. As I come to accept our existence as fragile and temporary, I become exceedingly nostalgic for the present.
