Fall Of Water

In the piece The Fall of Water by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, the clashing worlds between the activists and corporate organizations is perfectly balanced through a replication of the piece Fall of Rebel Angels. Similar to the concept of angels and devils walking the Earth, each side is trying to either preserve or take water away as a natural resource. This piece addresses the politics of water waste and questions our social values. The artists use appropriation to reveal activists in the piece fighting barbarically against Dasani, Coca Cola, Perrier and other large corporations. Shockingly, the police are also seen in the bottom defending the interests and greed of these corrupt organizations. Hiding among the overload of waste, a victim

In the piece Some Industrial Refugees Form Communal Settlements in Logged Valley in B.C. by Eleanor Bond, the landscape displays an exploited and deserted settlement. It is perched on the high cliffs, mirroring misfortune as logging settlements leave refugees with instability and unemployment. This settlement is making use of the barren land that was destroyed by humans, as the cut down forest in the background lingers. The bleached splinters that linger in the background are the only evidence of what is left of the forest. The barren land has become a place of refuge for these displaced groups. It makes us rethink societies view on land today, which primarily revolves around human occupation. Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment including loss of habitat for species, decrease in the absorption of greenhouse gases and loss of biodiversity. Don Maynard uses recycled conditioner parts in his sculptor Smoked Signal #1 to draw attention to air quality control. The sculptor is strategically hung high on the wall to feel a sense of warning and have it hanging above you like an industrial cloud of