The Unlikely Universes Project intends to educate artists about the dangers of microplastics in acrylic paint brush cleaning water as well as add a literary aspect to the exhibition by the inclusion of an afternoon of Ekphrastic Poetry. Ann Tracy has created a low-tech method to green her studio and yours.
Artist Statement:
I am a “tree-hugger” and have been aware of the many environmental challenges we continue to face since the 1970s. But it was really brought into sharp perspective when my husband and I moved up to Rockport to a house with a septic system and I realized that everything would eventually go into the groundwater, where we and others in our neighborhood get water for our wells.
To green my studio practice, I devised a very low tech system involving washing brushes in a metal cup and then pouring that colored liquid into an aluminum pan, where it then evaporates. As I worked on paintings for a show, some swirling, colorful drama was occurring in that pan that I was able to photograph.
My images reminded me of the Hubble telescope photos of the universe. This in turn led me to think of the string theory of physics, where multiple universes exist at the same time. Since I was creating universes, why not populate them? At least I won’t be putting micro-plastics into the water in our universe, on the only planet we have.
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