krisannebaker.com

Ecological Art & Activism:

Video, Installations, & Concept Drawings

Site Specific Water Activism Work

"Schuylkill River Water Column", installation invitational,

'Filthy' at Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

3' x 3' x 10' (dimensions variable)

Water and detrius from the banks of the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

acrylic Glad bags, acrylic screws and bars, monofilament

Work may be viewed from within the colum

or outside as seen below.

Video:

'World Water Crises: Potential Effects/Cumulative Effects' 2009

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI09d68vsnU&feature=channel_page

click the link to watch this 2 minute video - 

A call for individual action to aid the world water crises; rampant consumption

and overuse, pollution, and capitalization and privatization of the earths' life-

blood puts every living thing on this planet in peril. Simple things you can do

to help turn the tide - starting now.

'ERODED EARTH'

San Diego, CA

http://www.artreview.com/video/garage-presents-eroded-earth 

13 foot long x 2 1/2 foot wide rusted staples on paper -

EROSION PATTERNS & SYSTEM OUTFLOW PIPES - 2010

 'Chattahoochee River Water Column' 2010              Water Column interior view

A site-specific installation of river water samples, sediments, and debris collected from the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, Georgia at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, April 2010.

Repurposed materials: Water samples & debris, acrylic bars, screws, monofilament & Glad bags.

Dimensions variable/ Above: 14' height x 3' depth' 3' width

NOTE:  This work is currently in the re-purposing process and will be installed on July 6 at the AnnMarie Garden and Sculpture Center (in Association with the Smithsonian), Dowell, Maryland, as the 

'PAWTUXENT RIVER/CHESAPEAKE BAY WATER COLUMN' using site specific waters and debris from this area to begin conversations concerning water quality, sustainability, systems, practices and rights of the Chesapeake Bay area.  On view at AnnMarie July through October 2010.



Ecological Art Installations Concerning WATER QUALITY & WATER AVAILABILITY

'Water Shade', 2008

Dimensions variable

2" x 32" x 14' depicted here

acrylic rods, screws, plastic Glad bags, alternating water samples, roadside found metal objects

MFA exhibition at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont

 'Water Shade', 2008 detail