Entering Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape at the Everson Museum of Art is like arriving in the Arctic. A mix of fear and beauty, this display of digital media aims to evoke a certain sense of mortality in viewers about their long-term impact on the world, artist Janet Biggs said.
The exhibit focuses on the Arctic, a place known for its vast, uninhabited environment, and how it is being greatly affected by people’s actions despite its apparent detachment from humanity. The display consists of three videos showing different arctic landscapes – and people – to create an abstract piece of video art that highlights the climate crisis and our place in it.
“We all hoped that the work in this show really gets people thinking about the consequences of our actions and what we are doing to the planet,” said Everson curator and exhibition manager Steffi Chappell. “Janet’s work specifically is about the human impact on the arctic, but we can also look at it broadly.”
Janet Biggs has been fascinated with the Arctic since childhood. She used to scourge National Geographic magazines for photos of it, witnessing its terror and beauty.
