burn scar
October 29 - November 14, 2021
Denver, CO
burn scar
October 29th - November 14th, 2021
Next Gallery, 40 West Arts District, Lakewood, CO
Produced by Control Group Productions as part of the Treeline series.
A gallery exhibition showing Control Group’s recent performance/ritual in the East Troublesome burn area, alongside Ghosts of the Earth, by Adrienne DeLoe.
All photographs below are by Edica Pacha for Control Group Productions.
Photography by Edica Pacha
Videography by Alex Taylor
Curated by Katie Weisberger and Patrick Mueller
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Photography by Edica Pacha
burn scar is an exploration of human presence in a wildfire burn area. The project – a performance for and with the land, documented in stills and video – focuses on the artist's personal relationship with Western wilderness. Fundamentally, it is an attempt to meet the damaged, rejuvenating earth and ecology by joining it in its stripped-away vulnerability, communing and bearing witness and offering support.
burn scar is part of Control Group’s ongoing series Treeline, exploring human relationships with nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene, rooted in goals of elevating climate awareness and galvanizing climate action and justice. burn scar includes design pieces created for our recent Treeline piece, After the Flood.
Video by Alex Taylor