What Once Was. The Apocalypse Is Now. Arctic.

What Once Was. The Apocalypse Is Now. Arctic.

Artist: Joanna Rogers

Title: What Once Was. The Apocalypse Is Now. Arctic.

Attribution: What Once Was. The Apocalypse Is Now. Arctic. 2024. Joanna Rogers

Year: 2024

Materials: Cotton dyed with indigo, bubble wrap, raven feathers, seal bones

Dimensions: 30" x 35"

Image Statement: What Once Was: The Apocalypse is Now consists of pieces fashioned after a vintage woman’s shift all of which comment on the global destruction of species and habitats in our rush to harvest the remaining natural resources, whatever the cost. This piece, along with its counterpart Antarctic, examines loss of habitat on a continental level. We see images of disappearing ice masses and hear about the devastation this is causing to life in these regions. This is a tribute, but it is also a lament to that which is lost.