Strata

Strata, a multi-sensory installation by Canadian artist Shannon Collis, immerses visitors in an environment of deep sonic resonance and dynamic moving images that travel above and through Alberta’s Boreal Forest to underscore the scale of the Athabasca oil sands, the third-largest known crude bitumen reservoir on the planet. Presented as a multi-screen sculptural projection with surround sound, Strata explores complex intersections of the social, the economic, and the environmental through contrasts between the natural landscape and human industry, while highlighting nature’s persistence in the face of industrial exploitation.

At The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art January 22 - May 30, 2021

Strata is co-curated by Museum Studies students Kristen Cooney, Justin Mitchell, and Katie Sanfield and advisors Meghan Tierney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art History, and Deborah Barkun, Ph.D., Creative Director, Berman Museum of Art.

At The Dalton Gallery Agnes Scott College, GA - September 20 - December 7, 2021, curated by Amanda H. Hellman, Ph.D

This project is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation