Speaking From the Core
Artists: Andrea Krupp, Anna Rotty, Kara Springer
Curator: Danielle Degon
AUTOMAT Collective | Philadelphia, PA. September 2024.
Artists: Andrea Krupp, Anna Rotty, Kara Springer
Curator: Danielle Degon
AUTOMAT Collective | Philadelphia, PA. September 2024.
The grinding of time, the ceaseless collision of the Earth's crust, and human-driven displacement of natural resources all sculpt the shifting grounds we inhabit. Tectonic wounds and arteries of minerals and waterways formed by Earth’s core have defined the movement of human civilizations for millennia. And now, modern structures of industrial extraction have granted humans the capability to rearrange landscapes for themselves. Rapid exploration and extraction have forced materials and bodies across continents, reshaping landscapes and in turn, influencing cultures and psyches worldwide.
In Speaking from the Core, artworks by Andrea Krupp, Anna Rotty, and Kara Springer explore the influence of material extraction and abstraction on our worldview by illuminating structural, mythical, material, and bodily significance of these processes. Within their explorations of geology is a lineage of all life that connects current and past civilizations, industries, and landscapes.
How land is configured as a resource and place is informed by centuries of movement and abstraction. Speaking From the Core proposes that the impact of these processes can be understood through structure, material, and the body.
In Speaking from the Core, artworks by Andrea Krupp, Anna Rotty, and Kara Springer explore the influence of material extraction and abstraction on our worldview by illuminating structural, mythical, material, and bodily significance of these processes. Within their explorations of geology is a lineage of all life that connects current and past civilizations, industries, and landscapes.
How land is configured as a resource and place is informed by centuries of movement and abstraction. Speaking From the Core proposes that the impact of these processes can be understood through structure, material, and the body.