“A sign installed in the largest wildfire burn I’ve ever seen, along the BC/YK border. Borrowing the aesthetics of BC Recreation Site signs, once again pointing to the overlaps of outdoor recreation, resource extraction, and the consequences of the climate crisis. Most recreation sites in BC exist along previously built logging and mining roads.
“Forced into a great and difficult transformation” was a line I heard in a lecture on Buddhist philosophy I was listening to on my drive up north. But it became another mantra I thought about while living in a place that’s been utterly transformed by resource extraction over the past century, and as I thought about the burnt landscapes I drove through.”
Heads up everyone! This artist is selling prints of this piece for a fundraiser for incarcerated wildfire fighters working in LA currently and you can get a small one (8×10) for $50CAD or a large (16×20) for $100CAD including shipping. I just ordered a large one!
amhrancas 