Ancestors | Miriam Sluis

'Ancestors' speaks to the environmental impact of settler colonialism in Oregon, as well as to the ancient history of cave dwelling, with incorporation of images from the Paisley caves in Eastern Oregon, where the oldest human remains in North America were found.

The glue-like, stickiness one experiences in moving around in the work points to the relative dimension of time, which bedevils humanity in her current context, leading to more destruction of the natural world.

The spawning eye wants to alert the visitor to the awareness that comes from finding different perspectives in seeing the world around us, as the Great Mother Goddess births a new world.

'Ancestors' was created this Spring term in the ART 119 Basic Design - 4D Foundations class, taught by Myra Day.