I was struck by the pristine beauty of the original image. Yet, the black river flowing through the city reminded me of oil. Possibly because the oil spill in the Gulf has been on my mind a lot lately.
Speaking with a friend of mine recently, she told me that she often forgets about the spill because it is so far away. Though, we may be far away, relatively, from the spill here (MA) it is still something that will affect us: our access to fish from LA, pollution spreading through the world's water, the threatened loss of species . . .
My remix collage is my way of communicating the presence of major environmental disasters within human communities and pristine places.
Original Image: Landscape Architecture, 2010 January, Cover Page
Jen T
