A Ribbon of Quicksilver: Art and Environment on the Kankakee River

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Faculty Scholarship

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Scholarship of Discovery

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Presentation

Abstract

There is an alarming rise in sand and silt content being deposited from Indiana into the Illinois side of the Kankakee River. This is caused by Indiana’s manipulation of the natural path of the river. This dangerous condition is made worse by the consequences of climate change. These grave realities are at times overwhelming and it can be difficult to know how to respond. Through artistic production including photography and mixed-media works, together with scientific field research, artists, scientists, and scholars have selected the Kankakee River as a case study in how art and science might provide a response. This interdisciplinary project seeks to re-imagine natural materials in fresh ways with hope that viewers engage the world around them with renewed reverence and care.

This 2022 Scholar Week presentation completes a roughly two and half year collaborative project funded by the Craighton T. and Linda G. Hippenhammer Faculty Scholarship Fund.

Faculty titles:

Jon Seals, Associate Professor, Chair, Galleries Director, Department of Art & Digital Media

Scott Aaron Dombrowski, Associate Professor, Department Art & Digital Media Brianna Munnich, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

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A Ribbon of Quicksilver: Art and Environment on the Kankakee River

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There is an alarming rise in sand and silt content being deposited from Indiana into the Illinois side of the Kankakee River. This is caused by Indiana’s manipulation of the natural path of the river. This dangerous condition is made worse by the consequences of climate change. These grave realities are at times overwhelming and it can be difficult to know how to respond. Through artistic production including photography and mixed-media works, together with scientific field research, artists, scientists, and scholars have selected the Kankakee River as a case study in how art and science might provide a response. This interdisciplinary project seeks to re-imagine natural materials in fresh ways with hope that viewers engage the world around them with renewed reverence and care.

This 2022 Scholar Week presentation completes a roughly two and half year collaborative project funded by the Craighton T. and Linda G. Hippenhammer Faculty Scholarship Fund.

Faculty titles:

Jon Seals, Associate Professor, Chair, Galleries Director, Department of Art & Digital Media

Scott Aaron Dombrowski, Associate Professor, Department Art & Digital Media Brianna Munnich, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences