2009
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Endangered Species
by Sharon Strong (Armstrong)
Contact Email: sharon@gadurkee.com
In the evolution of life on earth we are at a critical choosing place. We humans, supposedly the most evolved of creatures, have the capacity to make decisions that affect the survival of most life forms on earth. _Endangered Species_ is an installation of masks. Following an _S_ shaped path, six black cylinders standing 10_ high snake thirty feet across the Black Rock Desert. An endangered animal spirals around each of the columns, representing one endangered creature from each of five realms: reptile, bird, fish, arachnid, and mammal. Specifically: the Blue-tailed Mole Skink, Puerto Rican Broad-winged Hawk, Sockeye Salmon, Kauai Cave Wolf Spider and Gray Wolf. The sixth column is an integral part of this _work in process_ as Black Rock City artists make their won plaster gauze life masks and hang them on the last column, representing our boundless potential to support life and the enormity of our responsibility.
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