See Sarah Hearn’s
Residency artist video
profile here.
Sarah Hearn
Concept/OK Residency
Project Statement: Symbiotic Cooperation
Lichens are unusual composite organisms that
exist only through symbiotic partnerships between fungi and alga or
cyanobacteria. Taking my cue from this collaborative gestalt, Symbiotic
Cooperationexplores the power and impact of collaboration with other people
and is dependent on public participation. Lichens have been collected and
submitted internationally. Each sample received has been: identified,
described, scanned, photographed, drawn by hand and added to the display. The
display will change as discoveries are made and new lichens added. Upon the
exhibition’s completion, these samples will become publicly accessible for
future study at the University of Central Oklahoma and the Oxley Nature Center
herbariums.
Biography:
Sarah Hearn is a full-time artist living
and working in Oklahoma City. Her work is idea-driven by a multitude of
scientific theories. As the artist states, “science is always transforming our
idea about the world and the reality in which we live. We live in a time
where science renders humanity as more and more insignificant.” Hearn received
her MFA in 2010 from Rochester Institute of Technology and her BFA in 2001 from
the College of Santa Fe.
Read more in this Art Focus
Oklahoma magazine article or in previous posts here
and here.
The Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibition
welcomes the public until February 16, 2013 at the new Tulsa Arts and
Humanities Council’s Hardesty Arts Center. See www.concept-ok.org for more information.
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