THE GAIA CONSEQUENCE, 2012 - 2018

Totemic sculpted canvas, oil, canvas, wood, extruded aluminum, abalone shell, foam.
Dimensions: 30”L x 84”W x 78”H 

METAMORPHOSIS OF A SNAIL
Single track video, 2 channel sound track

Credits
Writer/Director, Grant Gelinas
Director of Photography/ Sound, Mark Hovland
Production, Rusty Cummins

Description:

An installation of human exploration composed with video, painting, drawings, models and sculpture to chronicle the metamorphosis of a snail as metaphor of our existence. 

Based on the concept of Voyager One and Carl Sagan's golden record, the work captures an abstract snapshot of human civilization by recording the story of the sea creature's transformation. The installation is also informed by the Gaia hypothesis, the scientific assertion that earth's environment is a self-regulating organism. As the author explains, "Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the earth to its own purposes."

The overarching theme of the installation - our relationship with the planet's environment from the point of view of the Gaia hypothesis and how that relationship might be explained and recorded for posterity.

Exhibition History:

The Project Room
Seattle WA
January 2nd, 2012

Bareiss Gallery
Taos NM
December 29th 2018

Bibliography:

Van Nostrand, Jess
An Array of Essence
THE PROJECT ROOM
January 2nd 2012

Clark, Virginia
The Gaia Consequence
THE TAOS NEWS
December 27th, 2018