Inheritance
The field of geology has long been intertwined with extraction of coal and petroleum. This project contemplates the two sides of geology through the voices of paleogeologists who read the earth’s layers to construct a history of our planet, and miners who have visited the earth’s ancient records in the process of extraction. The resulting installation, Inheritance, shown as part of the Confluence Ecologies exhibition at Southern Illinois University Museum from October 11 to November 20, 2019, asks what we have inherited and what we bequeath to the future.
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The artists—Kayla Anderson, Sara Black, Amber Ginsburg, Sarah Lewison, and Claire Pentecost—are grateful to those they have met for generously sharing their knowledge, experience and lending their voices: Paul Borgra, Molly Brayfield, Tim Burris, Kate Heist, Melissa Shelton, and Chuck Wilson. They also thank geologists Scott Elrick and Joe Devera for their clarity and enthusiasm.
