Jan Zalasiewicz – Liz Clifford

Cubic Measure

This work is a response to a description of a measure of the Anthropocene, the period since the beginning of the twentieth century during which human activity has triggered irreversible change on Earth, outlined by geologist Jan Zalasiewicz in his lecture ‘Visualising the Anthropocene’. This was delivered as part of the Lovelock 100 conference atContinue reading “Cubic Measure”

Intervention: Becoming Geology.

Byway 745 with intervention. Photograph by Liz Clifford. Since my excursion in May to collect up rubbish collected over 10 months on this ancient Byway, I have resolved a piece of work that encases the collection within a gabion basket structure. The work consists of four 40cm cubes, three of which are full of theContinue reading “Intervention: Becoming Geology.”